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Liberals won government, increasing his majority to 23.1 percent, the third-safest in the state. While Port Augusta still tilted toward Labor, as it had for more than a century, it was not enough to overcome the increasingly conservative bent of the rest of the seat.
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did well, and for most of its existence was a comfortably safe Labor seat. It became even safer in 1977, when it absorbed Port Pirie. It was abolished in 1993. Most of its territory, including Port
Augusta, was merged with the neighbouring seat of
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A redistribution in 2020 transferred Port Pirie from Frome to Stuart. Port Pirie is as strongly Labor as Port
Augusta, and its addition pared back Pellekaan's majority to 11.5 percent. Frome was held by independent
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373:. While the old Stuart had been a relatively compact district centred around Port Augusta and Port Pirie, the recreated Stuart was a vast electorate that stretched from Port Augusta to the
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This article is about the electorate of Stuart in South
Australia. For the electorate of Stuart in the Northern Territory, see
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borders. It took in the eastern half of the abolished seat of Eyre, with the western half going to the
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1007:"Electoral redistribution in regional South Australia means popular MPs will go head-to-head in 2022"
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Results of the 2022 South
Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Stuart
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The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution—taking effect at the
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985:"New State Electoral Boundaries for South Australia Finalised"
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contest for the first time in its present incarnation.
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Electoral district of Stuart (green) in South
Australia
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in the north. This route later became the path of the
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when he won by just 233 votes after distribution of
1029:"Deputy Premier Dan van Holst Pellekaan loses seat"
362:, while Port Pirie was transferred to the revived
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987:. Antony Green's Election Blog. 18 November 2020
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602:Electoral results for the district of Stuart
411:. His successor, former basketball player
16:State electoral district of South Australia
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963:"Stuart: 2022-2026 electoral district map"
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965:. Electoral Commission of South Australia
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617:2022 South Australian state election
435:, who was based in the city. In the
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1875:Constituencies established in 1997
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369:The seat was revived ahead of the
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1009:. ABC News. 20 November 2020
936:Electoral District of Stuart
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28:Electoral district of Sturt
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278:Electoral District map
35:Australian electorate
407:. He retired at the
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1679:Onkaparinga
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1519:Edwardstown
1489:Burra Burra
1429:Albert Park
1347:Independent
1173:Hurtle Vale
901:Independent
860:Geoff Brock
855:Independent
738:Beth Leese
651:Geoff Brock
646:Independent
585:Independent
580:Geoff Brock
544:Graham Gunn
433:Geoff Brock
405:preferences
397:Graham Gunn
355:Labor Party
174: /
149:Coordinates
140:Demographic
106:Independent
94:Geoff Brock
1844:Categories
1769:The Murray
1719:Ross Smith
1694:Port Pirie
1449:Ascot Park
1123:Cheltenham
1040:References
713:One Nation
627:Candidate
571:2010–2022
553:1997–2010
519:1989–1993
501:1970–1989
483:1938–1970
379:Queensland
321:Port Pirie
305:Queensland
214:Queensland
1774:Thebarton
1759:The Burra
1729:Semaphore
1724:Salisbury
1659:Noarlunga
1654:Newcastle
1619:Millicent
1604:Hindmarsh
1579:Gumeracha
1549:Gladstone
1434:Alexandra
1317:MacKillop
1148:Elizabeth
1133:Davenport
793:Notional
619:: Stuart
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342:and then
313:Lake Eyre
273:Footnotes
1814:Wooroora
1794:Wallaroo
1784:Victoria
1744:Stirling
1704:Prospect
1629:Mitchell
1559:Goodwood
1504:Custance
1479:Burnside
1474:Brighton
1366:Narungga
1332:Schubert
1327:Morphett
1322:Morialta
1292:Flinders
1208:Playford
1113:Adelaide
1013:25 March
991:25 March
969:26 March
947:26 March
344:The Ghan
291:for the
258:N. S. W.
243:Narungga
231:N. S. W.
162:137°53′E
123:Electors
112:Namesake
1809:Whyalla
1739:Stanley
1674:Norwood
1624:Mitcham
1594:Hayward
1554:Glenelg
1454:Barossa
1444:Ashford
1307:Hartley
1302:Hammond
1287:Finniss
1277:Chaffey
1258:Liberal
1233:Torrens
1223:Reynell
1203:Newland
1153:Enfield
1138:Dunstan
1128:Croydon
1094:of the
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878:Liberal
864:14,403
847:result
825:Liberal
783:21,976
779:Turnout
755:21,451
669:Liberal
655:10,396
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387:Whyalla
248:Chaffey
159:30°14′S
1819:Yatala
1734:Spence
1709:Ridley
1649:Napier
1639:Murray
1614:Mallee
1584:Hanson
1574:Goyder
1569:Gouger
1564:Gordon
1544:Gilles
1539:Gawler
1534:Fisher
1469:Bright
1464:Briggs
1459:Baudin
1424:Albert
1371:Stuart
1312:Heysen
1282:Colton
1248:Wright
1228:Taylor
1218:Ramsay
1198:Mawson
1178:Kaurna
1163:Gibson
1158:Florey
1118:Badcoe
943:. 2020
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887:7,048
870:+67.1
839:−14.7
817:+14.7
797:count
734:Greens
720:1,192
699:3,124
684:−15.9
678:6,079
661:+13.8
630:Votes
624:Party
532:Party
462:Party
336:Darwin
285:Stuart
226:Stuart
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1829:Young
1799:Walsh
1749:Sturt
1699:Price
1689:Pirie
1684:Peake
1499:Coles
1484:Burra
1439:Angas
1356:Kavel
1337:Unley
1297:Frome
1272:Bragg
1267:Black
1238:Waite
1193:Light
1168:Giles
1143:Elder
1104:Labor
921:Notes
906:from
890:32.9
867:67.1
836:49.2
814:50.8
805:Labor
786:87.0
758:97.6
747:−1.0
726:+5.5
705:−0.8
702:14.6
692:Labor
681:28.3
658:48.5
535:Term
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497:Labor
479:Labor
465:Term
391:Giles
364:Frome
252:Frome
239:Frome
222:Giles
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200:N. T.
143:Rural
101:Party
69:State
1779:Todd
1589:Hart
1529:Eyre
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1183:King
1106:(28)
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904:gain
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768:525
744:3.1
741:660
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424:2018
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