Electoral district of Ramsay
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Ramsay is an electoral district
of the House of Assembly
in the Australia
n state of South Australia
. It is named after Alexander Ramsay (1914-1978), who was General Manager of the South Australian Housing Trust
for 25 years and devoted to the improvement of South Australian life. It is a 24.4 km² suburban electorate north of Adelaide - based on the angle between Main North Road and the Port Wakefield Road, Ramsay covers the outer northern Adelaide suburbs of Salisbury
, Brahma Lodge, Salisbury Downs and Salisbury Plains as well as parts of Paralowie, Salisbury North and Parafield Gardens. The last redistribution saw Ramsay lose Mawson Lakes to Port Adelaide
.
Both representatives of the electorate have served as premier, including the current premier, Mike Rann
. It is a safe Labor seat, with the fifth-largest Labor margin at the 1997 election, second-largest at the 2002 election, and largest at the 2006 election where Rann won 71.5 percent of the first preference vote and 78.5 percent of the two-party vote, and the largest at the 2010 election. Rann announced his parliamentary resignation in 2011 which will create a 2012 Ramsay by-election
.
South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts
Since 1970, the South Australian House of Assembly has consisted of 47 single-member electoral districts consisting of approximately the same number of enrolled voters...
of the House of Assembly
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It is named after Alexander Ramsay (1914-1978), who was General Manager of the South Australian Housing Trust
South Australian Housing Trust
The South Australian Housing Trust was a statutory authority established by the of the Government of South Australia responsible for providing low-cost rental housing to working people and their families.-History:...
for 25 years and devoted to the improvement of South Australian life. It is a 24.4 km² suburban electorate north of Adelaide - based on the angle between Main North Road and the Port Wakefield Road, Ramsay covers the outer northern Adelaide suburbs of Salisbury
Salisbury, South Australia
Salisbury is a northern suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the seat of the City of Salisbury, and in the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Ramsay and the Australian House of Representatives divisions of Wakefield and Port Adelaide...
, Brahma Lodge, Salisbury Downs and Salisbury Plains as well as parts of Paralowie, Salisbury North and Parafield Gardens. The last redistribution saw Ramsay lose Mawson Lakes to Port Adelaide
Electoral district of Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after Port Adelaide because of its geographical location, it is a 113.4 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula and stretches east to cove some of Adelaide's northern...
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Both representatives of the electorate have served as premier, including the current premier, Mike Rann
Mike Rann
Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election...
. It is a safe Labor seat, with the fifth-largest Labor margin at the 1997 election, second-largest at the 2002 election, and largest at the 2006 election where Rann won 71.5 percent of the first preference vote and 78.5 percent of the two-party vote, and the largest at the 2010 election. Rann announced his parliamentary resignation in 2011 which will create a 2012 Ramsay by-election
Ramsay state by-election, 2012
A by-election will be held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay, likely to occur in early February 2012. This will be triggered by the resignation of former Premier and state Labor MHA Mike Rann.-Background:...
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Members for Ramsay
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Arnold Lynn Arnold Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold, AO , former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between 4 September 1992 and 14 December 1993.... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1985–1993 | |
| Mike Rann Mike Rann Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1993–present | |
