Electoral district of Morialta
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| 2006 State Election | ||
| First preference | ||
| Party | % | |
| Australian Labor Party | 47.7% | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 35.2% | |
| SA Greens | 6.3% | |
| Family First Party | 5.7% | |
| Australian Democrats | 3.0% | |
| Dignity for Disabled | 2.0% | |
| Two Party Preferred | ||
| Australian Labor Party | 57.9% | |
| Liberal Party of Australia | 42.1% | |
| Swing from 2002 | ||
| Australian Labor Party | +12.0% | |
Morialta is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a 82.6km² electorate in Adelaide's eastern hills, taking in the suburbs of Athelstone, Castambul, Cherryville, Montacute, Newton, Paradise, Rostrevor, Teringie, as well as parts of Basket Range, Magill, Marble Hill, Norton Summit, Rosslyn Park, Skye and Teringie. Morialta is derived from a Kaurna Aboriginal word "mariyatala", with "mari" meaning east and "yertala" meaning water.
Coles, created in 1970 was abolished and renamed to Morialta in the 1998 electoral distribution as a moderately safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia, replacing the abolished Coles. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by Liberal minister Joan Hall, the previous member for Coles since 1993, despite suffering a 2.4% swing which reduced her margin to 4.1%.
The redistribution prior to the 2006 state election delivered 1919 new voters in labor-voting Paradise to Morialta and lost 1370 voters in liberal-voting Magill to Hartley. The Liberal margin estimated to decline by 0.7 percent. She was thought likely to again hold the seat with a reduced margin at the 2006 election, but was defeated by Labor candidate Lindsay Simmons amidst a statewide landslide, receiving a 12% two party preferred swing.
[edit] Members for Coles and Morialta
[edit] External links
- ABC profile for Morialta
- Poll Bludger profile for Morialta
- State Electoral Office map for Morialta
- State Electoral Office profile for Morialta
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