Electoral district of Wright
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Wright South Australia—House of Assembly |
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Electoral district of Wright (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
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| State | South Australia |
| Created | 1993 |
| MP | Jennifer Rankine |
| Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
| Namesake | Edmund Wright |
| Electors | 24,960 (2014) |
| Area | 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 34°47′2″S 138°41′14″E / 34.78389°S 138.68722°ECoordinates: 34°47′2″S 138°41′14″E / 34.78389°S 138.68722°E |
Wright is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a 20.5 km2 (7.9 sq mi) urban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburb of Salisbury East and parts of Golden Grove, Greenwith, Gulfview Heights and Wynn Vale.
When created, Wright was a marginal Labor seat at the 1991 electoral distribution, taking in much of the abolished seat of Briggs. Wright was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Scott Ashenden as part of a large swing throughout the state. He was defeated at the 1997 election by Labor candidate Jennifer Rankine.
Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.
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