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Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Sturt, South Australia

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The Division of Sturt was created in 1949. It is named for Charles Sturt (1795-1869), explorer of the Murray River.

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Burnside, Magill, Norwood, St Peters
1955: Burnside, Norwood, Rose Park, St Peters
1969: Burnside, Highbury, Magill, Payneham
1977: Burnside, Highbury, Magill, Norwood
1984: Burnside, Highbury, Magill, Payneham
1993: Burnside, Gilles Plains, Magill, Payneham
2001: Burnside, Gilles Plains, Magill, Payneham
2004: Burnside, Gilles Plains, Magill, Payneham
2013: Glenunga, Highbury, Kensington, Rostrevor
2019: Glenunga, Highbury, Norwood, Rostrevor

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1949: Liberal 02.8
1951: Liberal 02.4
1954: Labor 03.0
1955: Liberal 10.3
1958: Liberal 11.3
1961: Liberal 08.5
1963: Liberal 09.5
1966: Liberal 16.2
1969: Labor 00.5
1972: Liberal 02.2

1974: Liberal 02.0
1975: Liberal 10.3
1977: Liberal 07.3
1980: Liberal 04.0
1983: Liberal 02.0
1984: Liberal 06.0
1987: Liberal 06.6
1990: Liberal 07.8
1993: Liberal 05.7
1996: Liberal 10.0

1998: Liberal 07.3
2001: Liberal 08.2
2004: Liberal 06.8
2007: Liberal 00.9
2010: Liberal 03.4
2013: Liberal 10.1
2016: Liberal 05.9
2019: Liberal 06.9
2022: Liberal 00.4
2025: Labor 06.6

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Sturt at every election since 1949.

MEMBERS FOR STURT

Keith Wilson (Lib) 1949-54
Hon Norman Makin (ALP) 1954-55
Sir Keith Wilson (Lib) 1955-66
Ian Wilson (Lib) 1966-69
Norman Foster (ALP) 1969-72

Hon Ian Wilson (Lib) 1972-93
Hon Christopher Pyne (Lib) 1993-2019
James Stevens (Lib) 2019-25
Clare Clutterham (ALP) 2025-


Keith Wilson (Lib) 1949-54 Hon Norman Makin (ALP) 1954-55 Sir Keith Wilson (Lib) 1955-66


Ian Wilson (Lib) 1966-69 Norman Foster (ALP) 1969-72 Hon Ian Wilson (Lib) 1972-93


Hon Christopher Pyne (Lib) 1993-2019 James Stevens (Lib) 2019- Clare Clutterham (ALP) 2025-


CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES

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1955

1969


1977

1984

1993


2001

2004

2013