Electoral district of Mitchell (South Australia)

For other electoral districts, see Electoral district of Mitchell.

Mitchell South Australia—House of Assembly
Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of Mitchell highlighted Electoral district of Mitchell (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Created	1970
MP	Corey Wingard
Party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Namesake	Sir William Mitchell
Electors	24,185 (2014)
Area	26.8 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates

Mitchell is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia. It was first created in the redistribution of 1969, taking effect at the 1970 election. Mitchell is named after philosopher Sir William Mitchell. Mitchell is located in inner-south western Adelaide, covering 26.8 km² and encompassing the suburbs of Dover Gardens, Old Reynella, Reynella, Seacombe Gardens, Seacombe Heights, Seaview Downs, Sheidow Park, Sturt and Trott Park and parts of Darlington, O'Halloran Hill, Oaklands Park and Warradale. The suburbs contained within the seat in 2010 were completely different as recently as 1989. The 1989 seat centered on Park Holme, north-east of the current incarnation of Mitchell, where much of the seat of Elder is. The 1989 boundary bordered the 2010 boundary in the south-west and north-east respectively.

Mitchell has tended to be a marginal Labor-held seat. While Colin Caudell succeeded in winning the seat for the Liberal Party of Australia for the first time at the 1993 election, he was narrowly defeated by Kris Hanna at the 1997 election. Hanna markedly increased his majority at the 2002 election, but defected to the SA Greens in 2003. He subsequently left the Greens in February 2006, and won his seat at the 2006 election narrowly as an independent candidate on a 50.6 two-candidate vote, though Labor got a 65.2 percent two-party vote against the Liberals. However, he lost at the 2010 election to Labor candidate Alan Sibbons. Hanna unsuccessfully contested the seat at the 2014 election. Liberal Corey Wingard won the seat with a 51.2 percent two-party vote which made it the most marginal seat in parliament. It was the first time Labor was in government with the Liberals winning Mitchell.

Members for Mitchell

Member		Party	Term
	Ron Payne	Labor	1970–1989
	Paul Holloway	Labor	1989–1993
	Colin Caudell	Liberal	1993–1997
	Kris Hanna	Labor	1997–2003
		Greens	2003–2006
		Independent	2006–2010
	Alan Sibbons	Labor	2010–2014
	Corey Wingard	Liberal	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mitchell (South Australia)

South Australian state election, 2014: Mitchell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Corey Wingard	7,995	36.6	+8.1
	Labor	Alan Sibbons	7,309	33.5	−0.7
	Independent	Kris Hanna	4,006	18.4	−9.4
	Greens	Simon Roberts-Thomson	1,473	6.8	+1.6
	Family First	Barbara Bishop	1,034	4.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			21,817	96.8	−0.1
Informal votes			711	3.2	+0.1
Turnout			22,528	93.1	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Corey Wingard	11,161	51.2	+3.6
	Labor	Alan Sibbons	10,656	48.8	−3.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.6

References

• ABC profile for Mitchell: 2014
• ECSA profile for Mitchell: 2014
• Poll Bludger profile for Mitchell: 2014