Port Adelaide South Australia—House of Assembly |
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Electoral district of Port Adelaide (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
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State | South Australia |
Dates current | 1857–1970, 2002–present |
MP | Susan Close |
Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
Namesake | Port Adelaide |
Electors | 25,700 (2014) |
Area | 91.3 km2 (35.3 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 34°48′13″S 138°33′15″E / 34.80361°S 138.55417°ECoordinates: 34°48′13″S 138°33′15″E / 34.80361°S 138.55417°E |
Port Adelaide is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Port Adelaide because of its geographical location, it is a 91.3 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula and stretches east toward Adelaide's northern suburbs. It contains a mix of seaside residential areas, wasteland and industrial regions. It includes the suburbs of Cavan, Dry Creek, Gillman, Globe Derby Park, Green Fields, Largs North, Mawson Lakes, North Haven, Osborne, Ottoway, Outer Harbor, Taperoo and Wingfield as well as parts of Gepps Cross, Pooraka, Port Adelaide and Rosewater. The suburb of Port Adelaide is currently divided between the safe Labor seats of Port Adelaide and Cheltenham.