Electoral district of MacKillop

MacKillop South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of MacKillop (green) in South Australia
State	South Australia
Created	1993
MP	Mitch Williams
Party	Liberal Party of Australia
Namesake	Mary MacKillop
Electors	23,565 (2014)
Area	24,981 km² (9,645.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates

MacKillop is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named in 1991 after Mary MacKillop (later to become the first Australian to be canonised as a Roman Catholic saint), who served the local area, it is a 24,981 km² rural electorate in the south-east of the state, stretching from the mouth of the Murray River southwards, but excluding the far-southern point of the state, which includes Mount Gambier. It contains the Kingston District Council, Naracoorte Lucindale Council, District Council of Robe, Tatiara District Council, Wattle Range Council, as well as parts of The Coorong District Council. The main population centres are Bordertown, Keith, Kingston SE, Meningie, Millicent, Naracoorte, Penola and Robe.

MacKillop was first contested at the 1993 election, replacing the old seat of Victoria,^[1] and was won easily for the Liberals by Dale Baker, who was a former parliamentary state leader of the Liberal Party and state minister. However, at the 1997 election, it was captured by an Independent Liberal, Mitch Williams, who returned to the Liberal Party before the 2002 election.

Members for MacKillop 1
Election results 2
Notes 3
References 4

Members for MacKillop

	Party	Term
Dale Baker	Liberal	1993–1997
Mitch Williams	Independent	1997–1999
Mitch Williams	Liberal	1999–present

Election results

South Australian state election, 2014: MacKillop^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mitch Williams	13,803	65.1	+5.0
	Labor	Terry Soulmatis	3,099	14.6	+2.1
	Family First	Bill Pomery	1,602	7.5	+1.7
	Independent	Steve Davies	1,503	7.1	+7.1
	Greens	Donella Peters	1,212	5.7	+2.3
Total formal votes			21,219	97.1	−0.2
Informal votes			638	2.9	+0.2
Turnout			21,857	92.8	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mitch Williams	16,280	76.7	+2.0
	Labor	Terry Soulmatis	4,939	23.3	−2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Notes

^ "MacKillop". 2010 South Australian Election. abc.net.au. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
^ 2014 State Election Results – MacKillop, ECSA.
^ 2014 State Election Results – MacKillop, ABC.

References

ABC profile for MacKillop: 2014
ECSA profile for MacKillop: 2014
Poll Bludger profile for MacKillop: 2014

Electoral districts of South Australia

Former electoral districts of South Australia

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Electoral district of MacKillop