Electoral district of Ridley

Former South Australian electoral district

Ridley
South Australia—House of Assembly

State| South Australia
Dates current| 1938–1970, 1993–1997
Namesake| John Ridley
Demographic| Rural

The Electoral district of Ridley was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly, existing between 1938 and 1970 and between 1993 and 1997.

Named after John Ridley, the inventor of a successful threshing machine,[1] Ridley was a rural electorate located in the riverland area of South Australia, stretching along the southern bank of the Murray River from Morgan to the New South Wales border.[2] Ridley also contained the towns of Waikerie, Lyrup and Loxton.

Created for the 1938 South Australian election, following the change from multi-member to single-member electorates, Ridley was held by Tom Stott for its entire existence. Stott was the longest serving independent in Australian political history.[3]

Ridley was abolished at the 1970 election.[4]

Ridley was recreated as an electoral district in a 1991 redistribution for the 1993 election. In this incarnation, Ridley was 24,797 km² and contained the towns of Coonalpyn, Karoonda, Murray Bridge, Lameroo, Pinnaroo, Tailem Bend and Tintinara.[5] It was a safe Liberal seat, existing until 1997, when it was renamed Hammond.

## Members[edit]

First incarnation (1938–1970)

Member | Party | Term
| Tom Stott | Independent | 1938–1970
Second incarnation (1993–1997)
Member | Party | Term
| Peter Lewis | Liberal | 1993–1997

## Election results[edit]

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ridley

## References[edit]

1. ^ H. J. Finnis (1967) 'Ridley, John (1806 - 1887)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press.
2. ^ Hetherington, R. & Reid, R. (1962) The South Australian Elections 1959, Rigby.
3. ^ Jennings, R. (1992) Barnacles and Parasites, Nesfield Press, Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-9599230-4-9.
4. ^ Jaensch, D. (1977) The Government of South Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, ISBN 0-7022-1352-7.
5. ^ South Australian State Electoral Office (1995), "Statistical Returns for General Elections, 11 December 1993", pp. 158, 194.

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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 (27)|

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

Liberal (15)|

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

Independent (4)|

* Kavel
* Mount Gambier
* Narungga
* Stuart

Vacant (1)|

* Dunstan

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