Australian electorate
| Gumeracha South Australia—House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| Dates current | 1857–1902, 1938–1970 |
| Namesake | Gumeracha, South Australia |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | 34°50′S 138°53′E / 34.833°S 138.883°E / -34.833; 138.883 |
Gumeracha was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1938 to 1970.
Gumeracha's most historic MPs were Thomas Playford II and Thomas Playford IV. IV served continuously as Premier of South Australia from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965, the longest term of any elected government leader in the history of Australia, albeit with the assistance of the Playmander.
The town of Gumeracha is currently represented by the safe Liberal seat of Morialta, having previously been in Kavel.
Members
| First incarnation (1857–1902) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Arthur Blyth | 1857–1868 | Alexander Hay | 1857–1861 | ||||
| Alexander Murray | 1862–1867 | ||||||
| Alexander Hay | 1867–1870 | ||||||
| William Sandover | 1868–1870 | ||||||
| Arthur Blyth | 1870–1875 | Ebenezer Ward | 1870–1880 | ||||
| Frederick Hannaford | 1875–1878 | ||||||
| William Haines | 1878–1884 | ||||||
| John Rounsevell | 1880–1881 | ||||||
| Samuel Tomkinson | 1881–1884 | ||||||
| Robert Homburg | 1884–1891 | Robert Ross | 1884–1887 | ||||
| Lancelot Stirling | 1888–1890 | ||||||
| Theodore Hack | 1890–1893 | ||||||
| Defence League | 1891–1896 | William Randell | Defence League | 1893–1896 | |||
| Charles Willcox | Defence League | 1896–1896 | |||||
| 1896–1902 | William Randell | 1896–1899 | |||||
| Thomas Playford II | 1899–1901 | ||||||
| William Jamieson | National League | 1901–1902 | |||||
| Second incarnation (1938–1970) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Thomas Playford IV | Liberal and Country | 1938–1968 | |
| Bryant Giles | Liberal and Country | 1968–1970 | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of GumerachaReferences
- "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.
| Electoral districts of the South Australian House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Labor (28) | |
| Liberal (14) | |
| Independent (5) | |