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Electoral district of Alexandra

Index Electoral district of Alexandra

Alexandra was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1902 to 1992, and was formed when the electoral districts of Encounter Bay, Mount Barker and Noarlunga were amalgamated. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Adelaide, Alexander McDonald (South Australian politician), Archibald Peake, Charles Tucker (politician), David Brookman (Australian politician), Dean Brown, Electoral district of Encounter Bay, Electoral district of Finniss, Electoral district of Mount Barker, Electoral district of Noarlunga, Electoral districts of South Australia, Farmers and Producers Political Union, Fleurieu Peninsula, George Connor (Australian politician), George Laffer, George Ritchie (politician), Herbert Hudd, Independent politician, Liberal and Democratic Union, Liberal Federation, Liberal Union (South Australia), National Defence League, Percy Heggaton, South Australia, South Australian House of Assembly, South Australian Liberal Party, Ted Chapman, The Southern Argus, William Blacker (politician), 1992 Alexandra state by-election, 1993 South Australian state election.

  2. Constituencies disestablished in 1993
  3. Constituencies established in 1902

Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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Alexander McDonald (South Australian politician)

Alexander McDonald (6 February 1849 – 10 April 1922) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of Noarlunga from 1887 to 1902 and Alexandra from 1902 to 1915.

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Archibald Peake

Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician.

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Charles Tucker (politician)

Charles Tucker (20 February 1857 – 5 December 1928) was Mayor of Adelaide from 1894 to 1898 and a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seats of Encounter Bay and Alexandra.

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David Brookman (Australian politician)

David Norman Brookman (24 March 1917 – 22 May 2000) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

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Dean Brown

Dean Craig Brown, AO (born 5 April 1943) is a politician who served as the Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and also served as 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002, representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Electoral district of Encounter Bay

Encounter Bay was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony (state of Australia from 1901) of South Australia from 1857 to 1902. Electoral district of Alexandra and electoral district of Encounter Bay are former electoral districts of South Australia.

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Electoral district of Finniss

Finniss is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

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Electoral district of Mount Barker

Mount Barker was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902.

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Electoral district of Noarlunga

Noarlunga was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902. Electoral district of Alexandra and electoral district of Noarlunga are former electoral districts of South Australia.

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Electoral districts of South Australia

Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly — the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia — has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters.

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Farmers and Producers Political Union

The Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) was an independent conservative agrarian political party founded in South Australia in reaction to Labor, keen to fend off a perceived threat to the FPPU's interests against a rising labour movement and Labor.

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Fleurieu Peninsula

The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia located south of the state capital of Adelaide.

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George Connor (Australian politician)

George Connor (15 August 1878 – 25 September 1941) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Alexandra from 1934 to 1941 as an independent.

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George Laffer

George Richards Laffer (14 September 1866 – 7 December 1933) was an Australian politician.

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George Ritchie (politician)

Sir George Ritchie KCMG (14 December 1864 – 7 August 1944) was a South Australian politician.

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Herbert Hudd

Sir Herbert Sydney Hudd (25 February 1881 – 30 April 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Torrens from 1912 to 1915 for the Liberal Union and Alexandra from 1920 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1948 for the Liberal Federation and the Liberal and Country League.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Liberal and Democratic Union

The Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) was a South Australian political party formed by early liberals, as opposed to the conservatives.

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Liberal Federation

The Liberal Federation was a South Australian political party from 16 October 1923 to 1932.

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Liberal Union (South Australia)

The Liberal Union was a political party in South Australia resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) and the two independent conservative parties, the Australasian National League (ANL, formerly National Defence League (NDL)) and the Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU) as a response to Labor successes culminating in South Australia's first majority government at the 1910 election.

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National Defence League

The National Defence League (NDL) was an independent conservative political party, founded in 1891 by MLC Richard Baker in South Australia as an immediate response to the perceived threat from Labor.

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Percy Heggaton

Percival Thomas (Percy) Heggaton (4 July 1869 – 14 December 1948) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Alexandra from 1906 to 1915, when he voluntarily retired when the electorate's allocation went from four members to three.

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South Australia

South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Australian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or lower house; Is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia.

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South Australian Liberal Party

The South Australian Liberal Party, officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), and often shortened to SA Liberals, is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Ted Chapman

William Edwin (Ted) Chapman (16 December 1933 – 25 July 2005) was a Liberal member of the Parliament of South Australia from 10 March 1973 to 11 March 1992 and Minister.

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The Southern Argus

The Southern Argus is a newspaper first published from March 1866 in Port Elliot, South Australia, and then in Strathalbyn from 1868 to the present.

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William Blacker (politician)

William James Blacker (30 May 1843 – 22 November 1913) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seats of Noarlunga from 1892 to 1902 and Alexandra from 1902 to 1913, representing the Liberal and Democratic Union from 1906 to 1910 and the Liberal Union from 1910 to 1913.

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1992 Alexandra state by-election

A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Alexandra on 9 May 1992.

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1993 South Australian state election

State elections were held in South Australia on 11 December 1993.

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See also

Constituencies disestablished in 1993

Constituencies established in 1902

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Alexandra