Mount Gambier is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the southeast part of the state centered on the city and extinct volcano of Mount Gambier.
The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution, but the name was not used between the 1991 and 1998 redistributions (the area was covered by Gordon during that time).
It is currently held by Rory McEwen, a former Liberal party member who missed out on preselection, so stood as an independent at the 1997 election. He was elected and has remained independent. He first accepted Labor portfolios after the 2002 election when Labor reclaimed power, and is Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for State/Local Government Relations, and Minister for Forests in the Mike Rann Labor majority government since 2006 elections.
Members for Mount Gambier
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Fletcher | Independent | 1938–1958 | |
| Ron Ralston | Australian Labor Party | 1958–1962 | |
| Allan Burdon | Australian Labor Party | 1962–1975 | |
| Harold Allison | Liberal Party of Australia | 1975–1993 | |
| Rory McEwen | Independent | 2002–present | |
Election results
| South Australian state election, 2006: Mount Gambier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Rory McEwen | 7,351 | 35.6 | -22.8 | |
| Liberal | Peter Gandolfi | 7,002 | 33.9 | +13.6 | |
| Labor | Brad Coates | 4,582 | 22.2 | +4.9 | |
| Family First | Laura Crowe-Owen | 842 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
| Greens | Rob Mengler | 381 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Democrats | Tony Hill | 347 | 1.7 | -0.5 | |
| Independent | Laura Cunningham | 170 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,675 | 95.7 | -1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 923 | 4.3 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 21,598 | 93.3 | -1.1 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Independent | Rory McEwen | 11,618 | 56.2 | -20.4 | |
| Liberal | Peter Gandolfi | 9,057 | 43.8 | +20.4 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | -20.4 | |||
External links
- ABC profile for Mount Gambier
- Poll Bludger profile for Mount Gambier
- State Electoral Office map for Mount Gambier
- State Electoral Office profile for Mount Gambier
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