Waite South Australia—House of Assembly |
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Electoral district of Waite (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
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State | South Australia |
Created | 1993 |
MP | Martin Hamilton-Smith |
Party | Independent |
Namesake | Peter Waite |
Electors | 25,396 (2014) |
Area | 33.1 km2 (12.8 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 34°59′17″S 138°37′31″E / 34.98806°S 138.62528°ECoordinates: 34°59′17″S 138°37′31″E / 34.98806°S 138.62528°E |
Waite is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Peter Waite, a 19th entrepreneur and philanthropist in the current area of the electorate, it is a 33.1 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner south-east, taking in the suburbs of Brown Hill Creek, Clapham, Hawthorn, Kingswood, Lower Mitcham, Lynton, Mitcham, Netherby, Panorama, Pasadena, Springfield, St Marys, Torrens Park, Urrbrae and Westbourne Park as well as parts of Belair, Colonel Light Gardens, Daw Park and Leawood Gardens.