DIVISION OF BOOTHBY

The 'Division of Boothby' is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for William Boothby, who was the chief electoral officer in South Australia at the time of the first federal election in 1901. Before 1949 Boothby covered most of the southern and eastern suburbs of Adelaide, and changed hands several times behind the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties. Since 1949 it has been confined to the affluent south-eastern and gulfside suburbs, and has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party. Today it includes the suburbs of Belair, Brighton, Mitcham and Seacliff. Its most prominent member has been Sir John McLeay, who was Speaker 1956-66.

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Members

Election results

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Members

Member		Party	Term
	Egerton Lee Batchelor	Labor	1903—1911
	David Gordon	Commonwealth Liberal	1911—1913
	George Dankel	Labor	1913—1916
	George Dankel	Nationalist	1916—1917
	William Story	Nationalist	1917—1922
	John Duncan-Hughes	Nationalist	19222—1928
	John Price	Labor	1928—1931
	John Price	United Australia	1931—1941
	Grenfell Price	United Australia	1941—1943
	Thomas Sheehy	Labor	1943—1949
	John McLeay, senior	Liberal	1949—1966
	John McLeay, junior	Liberal	1966—1981
	Steele Hall	Liberal	1981—1996
	Andrew Southcott	Liberal	1996—present

Election results

External links

★ 2004 election results

★ Map of division

★ Old division boundaries