Electoral district of Taylor

Taylor; South Australia—House of Assembly
	Electoral district of Taylor (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Created	1993
MP	Jon Gee
Party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake	Doris Irene Taylor
Electors	27,494 (2018)
Area	318.71 km2 (123.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	34°41′4″S 138°33′16″E / 34.68444°S 138.55444°ECoordinates: 34°41′4″S 138°33′16″E / 34.68444°S 138.55444°E
	Electorates around Taylor:
Footnotes
	Electoral District map[1]

Taylor is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. This district is named after Doris Irene Taylor MBE, a leading force in the founding of Meals on Wheels, and Labor activist. Taylor is a 318.7 km² semi-urban electorate in Adelaide's far northern suburbs and fringe farmland. A large portion of the district lives in its southern edges, corresponding to the northern fringes of Adelaide. It includes the suburbs, towns and localities of Andrews Farm, Angle Vale, Buckland Park, Burton, Davoren Park, Direk, Edinburgh, Edinburgh North, Elizabeth North, Macdonald Park, Middle Beach, Penfield, Penfield Gardens, Port Gawler, Smithfield, Smithfield Plains, Two Wells, Virginia, and Waterloo Corner.

Taylor was created for the 1993 state election between the northern metropolitan seats of Ramsay and Goyder, and was won by the defeated Labor Premier Lynn Arnold. He resigned in 1994, triggering a Taylor by-election which saw Trish White retain the seat for Labor. It is regarded as a safe Labor seat.

Members for Taylor

South Australian state election, 2018: Taylor^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jon Gee	9,786	43.6	−4.3
	SA-BEST	Sonja Taylor	5,644	25.1	+25.1
	Liberal	Sarika Sharma	4,308	19.2	−13.0
	Greens	Kate Randell	1,491	6.6	−0.5
	Conservatives	Danny Bradley	1,239	5.5	−6.4
Total formal votes			22,468	94.3	−1.4
Informal votes			1,358	5.7	+1.4
Turnout			23,826	86.7	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jon Gee	13,660	60.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Sarika Sharma	8,808	39.2	−2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jon Gee	12,516	55.7	−2.8
	SA-BEST	Sonja Taylor	9,952	44.3	+44.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.