Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Boothby, South Australia
The Division of Boothby was created in 1903. It is named for William Boothby (1829-1903), Electoral Commissioner for SA 1854-1903, SA returning officer for the first federal election.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Mitcham, Norwood, St Peters, Unley
1922: Burnside, Goodwood, Norwood, Unley
1934: Burnside, Edwardstown, Mitcham, Unley
1949: Mitcham, Parkside, Rose Park, Unley
1955: Blackwood, Mitcham, Parkside, Unley
1969: Blackwood, Mitcham, Norwood, Unley
1977: Mitcham, Mt Barker, Rose Park, Unley
1984: Bedford Park, Belair, Mitcham, Unley
1993: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff
2001: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff
2004: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff
2013: Belair, Brighton, Mitcham, Seacliff
2019: Ascot Park, Brighton, Glenelg, Mitcham
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1903: Labor 04.6
1906: Labor unopposed
1910: Labor 13.8
1911b: Liberal 07.1
1913: Labor 03.0
1914: Labor 05.3
1917: Nationalist 14.5
1919: Nationalist 16.6
1922: Nationalist 04.7
1925: Nationalist 07.6
1928: Labor 00.1
1929: Labor 05.6
1931: United Australia 24.0
1934: United Australia 15.7
1937: United Australia 09.8
1940: United Australia 15.2
1941b: United Australia 06.6
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1943: Labor 00.9
1946: Labor 01.8
1949: Liberal 11.3
1951: Liberal 11.1
1954: Liberal 08.3
1955: Liberal 12.8
1958: Liberal 11.4
1961: Liberal 06.6
1963: Liberal 08.5
1966: Liberal 19.9
1969: Liberal 08.9
1972: Liberal 07.0
1974: Liberal 11.1
1975: Liberal 16.5
1977: Liberal 15.8
1980: Liberal 12.6
1981b: Liberal 14.0
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1983: Liberal 10.1
1984: Liberal 09.2
1987: Liberal 11.6
1990: Liberal 10.7
1993: Liberal 07.8
1996: Liberal 11.6
1998: Liberal 07.4
2001: Liberal 07.3
2004: Liberal 05.4
2007: Liberal 02.9
2010: Liberal 00.8
2013: Liberal 07.5
2016: Liberal 03.8
2019: Liberal 01.4
2022: Labor 03.3
2025: Labor 11.1
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1903-2025
Click here to see full results for Boothby at every election since 1903.
MEMBERS FOR BOOTHBY
Hon Lee Batchelor (ALP) 1903-11
David Gordon (Lib) 1911b-13
George Dankel (ALP, Nat) 1913-17
William Story (Nat) 1917-22
John Duncan-Hughes (Nat) 1922-28
John Price (ALP, UAP) 1928-41
Dr Grenfell Price (UAP) 1941b-43
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Thomas Sheehy (ALP) 1943-49
Hon Sir John McLeay (Lib) 1949-66
Hon John McLeay (Lib) 1966-81
Steele Hall (Lib) 1981b-96
Dr Andrew Southcott (Lib) 1996-2016
Nicolle Flint (Lib) 2016-22
Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) 2022-
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| Hon Lee Batchelor (ALP) 1903-11 |
David Gordon (Lib) 1911-13 |
George Dankel (ALP, Nat) 1913-17 |
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| William Story (Nat) 1917-22 |
John Duncan-Hughes (Nat) 1922-28 |
John Price (ALP, UAP) 1928-41 |
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| Dr Grenfell Price (UAP) 1941-43 |
Thomas Sheehy (ALP) 1943-49 |
Hon Sir John McLeay (Lib) 1949-66 |
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| Hon John McLeay (Lib) 1966-81 |
Steele Hall (Lib) 1981-96 |
Dr Andrew Southcott (Lib) 1996-2016 |
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| Nicolle Flint (Lib) 2016-22 |
Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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