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Electoral district of Gawler

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Former South Australian state electoral district

Australian electorate
Gawler
South Australia—House of Assembly
StateSouth Australia
Created1938
Abolished1970
NamesakeGawler, South Australia
DemographicRural

Gawler was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1970.

The polling places in the Electorate of Gawler for the 1938 were Cockatoo Valley, Gawler, Gawler Blocks, Gawler South, Loos, Lyndoch, One Tree Hill, Rosedale, Roseworthy, Rowland's Flat, Smithfield, Wasleys, Willaston and Williamstown.

Gawler was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1970, John Clark represented the newly created district of Electoral district of Elizabeth from 1970.

The town of Gawler is currently represented by the seat of Light.

Members

Member Party Term
  Leslie Duncan Labor 1938–1952
  John Clark Labor 1952–1970

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gawler

References

  1. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. "Polling-places in each Proposed Single Electorate". Australian Christian Commonwealth. 25 June 1937.
  3. "John Stephen Clark". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Former electoral districts of South Australia
Electoral districts of the South Australian House of Assembly
Labor (28)
Liberal (14)
Independent (5)

34°35′53″S 138°44′42″E / 34.59806°S 138.74500°E / -34.59806; 138.74500

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