Electoral district of Adelaide
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Adelaide South Australia—House of Assembly |
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Electoral district of Adelaide (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
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| State | South Australia |
| Created | 1902 |
| MP | Rachel Sanderson |
| Party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) |
| Namesake | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |
| Electors | 24,779 (2014) |
| Area | 23.4 km2 (9.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 34°54′28″S 138°36′5″E / 34.90778°S 138.60139°ECoordinates: 34°54′28″S 138°36′5″E / 34.90778°S 138.60139°E |
Adelaide is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. The 23.4 km² state seat of Adelaide currently consists of the Adelaide city centre including North Adelaide and suburbs to the inner north and inner north east: Walkerville, Gilberton, Medindie, Medindie Gardens, Thorngate, Fitzroy, Ovingham, most of Prospect up to Regency Road, and parts of Collinswood and Nailsworth. The boundaries have been the same for the past three elections. The federal division of Adelaide covers the state seat of Adelaide and additional suburbs in each direction.
The electorate's name comes from the city which it encompasses, which is named after Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the German born Queen consort of the King of England, King William IV. Originally the seat of City of Adelaide from 1857 to 1862, Adelaide was created from the seats of East Adelaide and West Adelaide as a four-seat multi-member district, surrounded by the other two metropolitan districts of 13 seats total being Torrens and Port Adelaide, from the 1902 election. Adelaide became a three-member district from the 1915 election, and then changed from a multi-member to single-member seat upon the introduction of the Playmander from the 1938 election.
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