Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Port Adelaide, South Australia
The Division of Port Adelaide was created in 1949 and abolished in 2019. It was named for the Adelaide suburb of Port Adelaide.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Albert Park, Kilburn, Port Adelaide, Semaphore
1955: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Woodville
1969: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Woodville
1977: Port Adelaide, Salisbury, Semaphore, Woodville
1984: Albert Park, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, West Lakes
1993: Grange, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, West Lakes
2001: Grange, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, West Lakes
2004: Parafield, Port Adelaide, Salisbury, Semaphore
2013: Parafield, Port Adelaide, Salisbury, Woodville
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Labor 23.3
1951: Labor 23.8
1954: Labor 44.0 *1
1955: Labor 34.7 *1
1958: Labor 21.5
1961: Labor 25.2
1963: Labor 29.4 *2
1966: Labor 12.5
1969: Labor 23.5
1972: Labor 21.5
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1974: Labor 20.9
1975: Labor 11.3
1977: Labor 15.7
1980: Labor 18.8
1983: Labor 24.2
1984: Labor 17.8
1987: Labor 16.3
1988b: Labor 05.2
1990: Labor 13.3
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1993: Labor 12.1
1996: Labor 07.1
1998: Labor 16.1
2001: Labor 14.6
2004: Labor 12.9
2007: Labor 19.8
2010: Labor 20.0
2013: Labor 14.0
2016: Labor 14.9 *3
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*1 Majority over Communist
*2 Majority over DLP
*3 Majority over Xenophon Team
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2016
Click here to see full results for Port Adelaide at every election from 1949 to 2016.
MEMBERS FOR PORT ADELAIDE
Albert Thompson (ALP) 1949-63
Frederick Birrell (ALP) 1963-74
Hon Mick Young (ALP) 1974-88
Rod Sawford (ALP) 1988b-2007
Hon Mark Butler (ALP) 2007-19
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| Albert Thompson (ALP) 1949-63 |
Frederick Birrell (ALP) 1963-74 |
Hon Mick Young (ALP) 1974-88 |
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| Rod Sawford (ALP) 1988-2007 |
Hon Mark Butler (ALP) 2007-19 |
BOUNDARIES
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