Electoral district of Black

Black is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[3]

Black
South Australia—House of Assembly
2018 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide region
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPDavid Speirs
PartyLiberal Party of Australia
NamesakeDorrit Black
Electors27,870 (2018)[1]
Area35.03 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates35.05°S 138.53°E / -35.05; 138.53
Electorates around Black:
Gulf St Vincent Gibson Elder
Gulf St Vincent Black Davenport
Gulf St Vincent Reynell Hurtle Vale
Footnotes
Electoral District map[2]

Black is named after Dorrit Black (Dorothea Foster Black, 1891–1951), a South Australian modern artist, best known for linocuts, oil and watercolour paintings.[3]

Black lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Darlington, Hallett Cove, Kingston Park, Marino, O'Halloran Hill, Seacliff, Seacliff Park, Seacombe Heights, Seaview Downs, Sheidow Park and Trott Park.[4] At its creation, Black was projected to be notionally held by the Liberal Party with a swing of 2.6% required to lose it.[1]:Appendix 12 The 2018 creation of Black replaced the electorate of Mitchell that was disestablished at the 2018 state election.[3] Black does not extend as far north or south as Mitchell did, but extends west to the coast through part of what used to be Bright.

Members for Black
Member Party Term
  David Speirs Liberal 2018–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Black
2018 South Australian state election: Black[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Speirs 12,538 50.6 +8.2
Labor Randall Wilson 7,870 31.7 −3.7
Greens Dami Barnes 1,702 6.9 −0.8
Independent Rob De Jonge 1,422 5.7 +5.7
Conservatives Lionel Zschech 698 2.8 −1.6
Dignity Anastasia Svetlichny 561 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 24,791 96.1 −1.3
Informal votes 1,001 3.9 +1.3
Turnout 25,792 92.5 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Speirs 14,546 58.7 +6.4
Labor Randall Wilson 10,245 41.3 −6.4
Liberal hold Swing+6.4

Notes
  1. "Redistribution Report Appendices". 2016. p. Appendix 9. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. Electoral District of Black (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. Black (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. State Election Results - District Results for Black, ECSA.

References
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