Morphett is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia.
Created in 1976 following an electoral redistribution, the seat of Morphett was named after Sir John Morphett (1809-1892) who lived in the Morphettville area and was speaker of the enlarged Legislative Council in 1851 and president of the elected Legislative Council from 1865 to 1873.
The seat is located 10 kilometres west of the centre of Adelaide, bounded by the coastline on the west and Morphett Road to the east. It is approximately 13 square kilometres in size covering the suburbs of Glenelg, Glenelg East, Glenelg South, Glengowrie, Somerton Park and parts of Glenelg North, Novar Gardens, Warradale and North Brighton.
The seat has been held by the Liberal Party since 1979. The current member for Morphett, Duncan McFetridge, was re-elected in the March 2006 election.
Members for Morphett
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terence Groom | Australian Labor Party | 1977–1979 | |
| John Oswald | Liberal Party of Australia | 1979–2002 | |
| Duncan McFetridge | Liberal Party of Australia | 2002–present | |
Election results
| South Australian state election, 2006: Morphett | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan McFetridge | 10,385 | 49.2 | -5.4 | |
| Labor | Tim Looker | 7,604 | 36.0 | +5.0 | |
| Greens | Damien Uern | 1,594 | 7.6 | +2.4 | |
| Family First | John Ewers | 868 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Democrats | Keryn Hassall | 649 | 3.1 | -4.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,100 | 97.4 | -0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 559 | 2.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 21,659 | 92.2 | -1.3 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Duncan McFetridge | 11,686 | 55.4 | -4.6 | |
| Labor | Tim Looker | 9,414 | 44.6 | +4.6 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
External links
- ABC profile for Morphett
- Poll Bludger profile for Morphett
- State Electoral Office map for Morphett
- State Electoral Office profile for Morphett
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