Electoral district of Black

Black
South Australia—House of Assembly
2022 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide region
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPVacant
PartyVacant
NamesakeDorrit Black
Electors26,437 (2022)
Area26.6 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates35°03′S 138°32′E / 35.05°S 138.53°E / -35.05; 138.53
Electorates around Black:
Gulf St Vincent Gibson Gibson
Gulf St Vincent Black Davenport
Gulf St Vincent Reynell Hurtle Vale
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Black 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.[2] A by-election is scheduled to take place on 16 November 2024, after previous MP David Speirs resigned due to legal charges.[3]

Black is named after Dorrit Black (Dorothea Foster Black, 1891–1951), a South Australian modern artist, best known for linocuts, oil and watercolour paintings.[2]

Black lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Darlington, Hallett Cove, Kingston Park, Marino, O'Halloran Hill, Seacliff, Seacliff Park, Seacombe Heights, Seaview Downs, Sheidow Park and Trott Park.[4]

At its creation, Black was projected to be notionally held by the Liberal Party with a swing of 2.6% required to lose it.[5]: Appendix 12  The 2018 creation of Black replaced the electorate of Mitchell that was disestablished at the 2018 state election.[2] Black does not extend as far north or south as Mitchell did, but extends west to the coast through part of what used to be Bright.

Members for Black

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Member Party Term
  David Speirs Liberal 2018– Oct 2024

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Black
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Black.[edit]
2022 South Australian state election: Black
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Speirs 11,862 50.1 −0.9
Labor Alex Dighton 9,037 38.1 +7.0
Greens Liz Tidemann 2,785 11.8 +5.2
Total formal votes 23,684 97.4
Informal votes 643 2.6
Turnout 24,327 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Speirs 12,493 52.7 −6.5
Labor Alex Dighton 11,191 47.3 +6.5
Liberal hold Swing −6.5

Notes

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  1. ^ Electoral District of Black (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "A by-election in Black is looming, but what impact will outgoing Liberal leader David Speirs have on the political race?". 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  4. ^ Black (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Redistribution Report Appendices". 2016. p. Appendix 9. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

References

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