Electoral district of Badcoe

Badcoe is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[3]

Badcoe
South Australia—House of Assembly
2018 boundaries shown in green on Adelaide area map
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPJayne Stinson
PartyAustralian Labor Party
NamesakePeter Badcoe VC
Electors24,640 (2018)[1]
Area13.95 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34.96°S 138.57°E / -34.96; 138.57
Electorates around Badcoe:
Colton West Torrens Adelaide
Morphett Badcoe Unley
Gibson Elder Elder
Footnotes
Electoral District map[2]

Badcoe lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Keswick, Ashford, Forestville, Everard Park, Black Forest, Clarence Park, Clarence Gardens, Kurralta Park, Glandore, Edwardstown, Ascot Park, North Plympton, South Plympton and parts of Millswood and Plympton.[4][5] At its creation, Badcoe was projected to be notionally held by the Labor Party with a swing of 4.2% required to lose it.[1]:Appendix 12

Badcoe is named after Peter John Badcoe VC (1934–1967) who grew up in Adelaide before joining the Australian Army in 1952. He served in artillery and infantry and was killed in the Vietnam War.[3]

Badcoe was created as a replacement for Ashford, which was abolished at the 2018 state election. In February 2017 the member for Ashford, Steph Key, announced that she did not intend to contest the 2018 election.[6]

Members for Badcoe
Member Party Term
  Jayne Stinson Labor 2018–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Badcoe
2018 South Australian state election: Badcoe[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jayne Stinson 8,286 38.7 −2.8
Liberal Lachlan Clyne 6,845 32.0 −8.6
SA-Best Kate Bickford 3,261 15.2 +15.2
Greens Stef Rozitis 1,680 7.9 −3.9
Conservatives Robyn Munro 533 2.5 −1.8
Independent John Woodward 397 1.9 +1.9
Dignity Lily Durkin 384 1.8 +0.7
Total formal votes 21,386 96.0 −0.7
Informal votes 901 4.0 +0.7
Turnout 22,287 90.5 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jayne Stinson 11,867 55.5 +1.4
Liberal Lachlan Clyne 9,519 44.5 −1.4
Labor hold Swing+1.4

Notes
  1. "Redistribution Report Appendices". 2016. p. Appendix 9. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. Electoral District of Badcoe (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. "Electorate: Badcoe". SA Election 2018. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. Badcoe (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. "Labor MP Stephanie Key to quit marginal seat at next SA election". ABC. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. State Election Results - District Results for Badcoe, ECSA.
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