ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MITCHELL (SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

'Mitchell' is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the state of South Australia. It was first created in 1969 and is named after philosopher Sir William Mitchell. Mitchell is located in inner-south eastern Adelaide, covering 26.6 km² and encompassing the suburbs of Sheidow Park, Trott Park, Old Reynella, Seaview Downs, Dover Gardens, Seacombe Heights, Seacombe Gardens and Sturt. It also includes parts of Darlington, Bedford Park, Clovelly Park, Mitchell Park, Marion, Oaklands Park and Warradale.
Mitchell has tended to be a marginal Labor-held seat, and has been held by the party for all but six years since its creation. While Colin Caudell succeeded in winning the seat for the Liberal Party of Australia in 1993, he was narrowly defeated by current member Kris Hanna in 1997 with the help of Australian Democrats preferences. Hanna markedly increased his majority at the 2002 election, but defected to the Greens in 2003. He subsequently left the Greens on 8th February 2006.
Kris Hanna was successfully re-elected as an Independent at 2006 South Australian elections in a close contest with the Labor candidate that left the electorate of Mitchell in doubt for a week after the election. Hanna ultimately won by 228 votes after preferences. [1]
Travis Gilbert was an unsuccessful independent green candidate at the 2006 election who ran as direct opposition to Kris Hanna, citing that Hanna had betrayed his supporters and the electorate, by joining then leaving the SA Greens and then becoming independent, whilst still siding with the ALP on almost all policy.

'2006 South Australian state election'
'Registered Voters'		22,229		'Marginal Independent'
'Votes Cast'		20,719		'Turnout %'	93.2	-1.1
'Informal Votes'		953		'Informal %'	4.6	+1.2
'Party'		'Candidate'	'Primary Votes'	'Vote %'	'Swing %'
	Dignity for Disabled	Michele Colmer	438	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Kris Hanna	4,872	24.6	-18.5	Elected
	Family First Party	Meredith Resce	1,062	5.4	+0.7
	Australian Labor Party	Rosemary Clancy	8,106	41.0	-2.1
	SA Greens	Jeffrey Williams	665	3.4	+3.4
	Liberal Party of Australia	Jack Gaffey	4,094	20.7	-17.4
	Australian Democrats	Jenny Scott	344	1.7	-6.4
	Independent Green	Travis Gilbert	185	0.9	+0.9
	Independents				-4.1
	One Nation Party				-2.0
'Two Candidate Preferred'
	Independent	Kris Hanna	9,997	50.6	-4.1	Elected
	Australian Labor Party	Rosemary Clancy	9,769	49.4	-5.3
'Total'			19,766

Contents

Members for Mitchell

External links

Members for Mitchell

'Member'	'Party'	'Term'
Ronald Payne	Australian Labor Party	1970—1989
Paul Holloway	Australian Labor Party	1989—1993
Colin Caudell	Liberal Party of Australia	1993—1997
Kris Hanna	Australian Labor Party	1997—2003
Kris Hanna	SA Greens	2003—2006
Kris Hanna	Independent	2006—present

External links

★ ABC profile for Mitchell

★ Poll Bludger profile for Mitchell

★ State Electoral Office map for Mitchell

★ State Electoral Office profile for Mitchell