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Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Grey, South Australia
The Division of Grey was created in 1903. It is named for Rt Hon Sir George Grey (1812-98), Governor of South Australia 1841-45 (later Governor and Prime Minister of New Zealand).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Gladstone, Melrose, Petersburg, Port Pirie
1922: Peterborough, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Streaky Bay
1934: Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Wallaroo, Whyalla
1949: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
1955: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
1969: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
1977: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
1984: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
1993: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
2001: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
2004: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
2013: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
2019: Port Augusta, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Whyalla
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1903: Labor unopposed
1906: Labor unopposed
1910: Labor unopposed
1913: Labor 02.0
1914: Labor 04.0
1917: Nationalist 07.7
1919: Nationalist 01.8
1922: Labor 03.7
1925: Labor 02.6
1928: Labor 05.8
1929: Labor 09.6
1931: United Australia 07.5
1934: United Australia 07.1
1937: Country Party 07.1
1940: Country Party 07.7
1943: Labor 02.5
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1946: Labor 05.5
1949: Labor 04.4
1951: Labor 06.1
1954: Labor 08.3
1955: Labor 06.7
1958: Labor 05.0
1961: Labor 08.8
1963b: Labor 03.5
1963: Labor 04.8
1966: Liberal 03.0
1969: Labor 01.9
1972: Labor 08.4
1974: Labor 05.5
1975: Labor 00.5
1977: Labor 00.0
1980: Labor 03.4
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1983: Labor 06.1
1984: Labor 07.1
1987: Labor 05.8
1990: Labor 06.5
1993: Liberal 02.1
1996: Liberal 08.5
1998: Liberal 08.0
2001: Liberal 10.6
2004: Liberal 13.8
2007: Liberal 04.4
2010: Liberal 11.2
2013: Liberal 13.5
2016: Liberal 02.0 *
2019: Liberal 13.3
2022: Liberal 10.1
2025: Liberal 04.6
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* Majority over Xenophon Team
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1903-2025
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MEMBERS FOR GREY
Hon Alexander Poynton (FT, ALP, Nat) 1903-22
Andrew Lacey (ALP) 1922-31
Philip McBride (UAP) 1931-37
Albert Badman (CP, UAP) 1937-43
Edgar Russell (ALP) 1943-63
Jack Mortimer (ALP) 1963b-66
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Don Jessop (Lib) 1966-69
Laurie Wallis (ALP) 1969-83
Lloyd O'Neil (ALP) 1983-93
Barry Wakelin (Lib) 1993-2007
Rowan Ramsey (Lib) 2007-25
Tom Venning (Lib) 2025-
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Hon Alexander Poynton (FT, ALP, Nat)
1903-22 |
Andrew Lacey (ALP) 1922-31 |
Philip McBride (UAP) 1931-37 |
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| Albert Badman (CP, UAP) 1937-43 |
Edgar Russell (ALP) 1943-63 |
Jack Mortimer (ALP) 1963-66 |
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| Don Jessop (Lib) 1966-69 |
Laurie Wallis (ALP) 1969-83 |
Lloyd O'Neil (ALP) 1983-93 |
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| Barry Wakelin (Lib) 1993-2007 |
Rowan Ramsey (Lib) 2007-25 |
Tom Venning (Lib) 2025- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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