Electoral district of Hindmarsh

Former South Australian state electoral district

This article is about the historical South Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Hindmarsh.

Australian electorate

Hindmarsh
South Australia—House of Assembly

State| South Australia
Created| 1938
Abolished| 1970
Namesake| John Hindmarsh
Demographic| Metropolitan

Hindmarsh was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970.[1] It was in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide.

Its boundaries were described in 1955 as follows:[2]

> Commencing at the intersection of Findon Road with River Torrens; northerly along Findon Road; westerly along Trimmer Parade; north-easterly along Woodville and Henley Beach Railway; to the north-eastern boundary of Port Road; southeasterly along said boundary; north-easterly along the north-western boundary of preliminary section 376, Hundred of Yatala; south-easterly along Torrens Road; northerly along Days Road; easterly along the northern boundaries of section 394 and 377; southerly along Churchill Road; south-easterly along Torrens Road; south-westerly along Park Terrace; thence generally westerly along the River Torrens to the point of commencement.

Hindmarsh was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1970.

The suburb of Hindmarsh is currently located in the safe Labor seat of Croydon.

## Members

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### Legislative Council

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Hindmarsh had earlier been the name of a different electoral district for the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, Robert Davenport, then John Rankine being the members.[1] That electorate had been for an area south of Adelaide including Strathalbyn.[3]

Member | Term

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Robert Davenport | 1851–1854
John Rankine | 1854–1857

### House of Assembly

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Member | Party | Term

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| John McInnes | Labor | 1938–1950
| Cyril Hutchens | Labor | 1950–1970

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hindmarsh

## References

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1. ^ a b "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
2. ^ Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1955 (SA) Electoral District of Hindmarsh p. 221.
3. ^ "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF HINDMARSH". South Australian Register. Vol. XVIII, no. 2449\. South Australia. 27 July 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.

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Former electoral districts of South Australia

* Albert
* Albert Park
* Alexandra
* Angas
* Ashford
* Ascot Park
* Barossa
* Baudin
* Briggs
* Bright
* Brighton
* Burnside
* Burra
* Burra Burra
* City of Adelaide
* Coles
* Custance
* East Adelaide
* East Torrens
* Edwardstown
* Encounter Bay
* Eyre
* Fisher
* Gawler
* Gilles
* Gladstone
* Glenelg
* Goodwood
* Gordon
* Gouger
* Goyder
* Gumeracha
* Hanson
* Hart
* Hayward
* Henley Beach
* Hindmarsh
* Little Para
* Mallee
* Millicent
* Mitcham
* Mitchell
* Mount Barker
* Murray
* Murray-Mallee
* Napier
* Newcastle
* Noarlunga
* North Adelaide
* Northern Territory
* Norwood
* Onkaparinga
* Peake
* Pirie
* Port Pirie
* Price
* Prospect
* Ridley
* Rocky River
* Ross Smith
* Salisbury
* Semaphore
* Spence
* Stanley
* Stirling
* Sturt
* Tea Tree Gully
* The Burra
* The Burra and Clare
* The Murray
* Thebarton
* Todd
* Victoria
* Victoria and Albert
* Wallaroo
* Walsh
* West Adelaide
* Whyalla
* Wooroora
* Yatala
* Yorke Peninsula
* Young

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Electoral districts of the South Australian House of Assembly

Labor (28)|

* Adelaide
* Badcoe
* Black
* Cheltenham
* Croydon
* Davenport
* Dunstan
* Elder
* Elizabeth
* Enfield
* Florey
* Gibson
* Giles
* Hurtle Vale
* Kaurna
* King
* Lee
* Light
* Newland
* Playford
* Port Adelaide
* Ramsay
* Reynell
* Taylor
* Torrens
* Waite
* West Torrens
* Wright

Liberal (13)|

* Bragg
* Chaffey
* Colton
* Finniss
* Flinders
* Frome
* Hammond
* Hartley
* Heysen
* Morialta
* Morphett
* Schubert
* Unley

Independent (5)|

* Kavel
* MacKillop
* Mount Gambier
* Narungga
* Stuart

Speaker (1)|

* Mawson

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