Electoral district of Kaurna

Kaurna is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the Kaurna aboriginal tribe which originally inhabited the Adelaide plains, it is a 44.7 km² semi-urban electorate on Adelaide's far-southern beaches, taking in the suburbs of Hackham, Huntfield Heights, Maslin Beach, Moana, Noarlunga Downs, Old Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga South, Seaford, Seaford Heights, Seaford Meadows and Seaford Rise, as well as part of Onkaparinga Hills. It is one of two state districts named after South Australia's indigenous people (the other being the electoral district of Narungga).

Kaurna South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of Kaurna (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Created	1993
MP	Chris Picton
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kaurna people
Electors	26,254 (2018)
Area	44.69 km2 (17.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	35°13′44″S 138°28′12″E
Electorates around Kaurna: Gulf St Vincent Reynell Hurtle Vale Gulf St Vincent Kaurna Hurtle Vale Mawson Gulf St Vincent Mawson Mawson
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

History

Replacing the abolished seat of Baudin, Kaurna was created in the 1991 electoral distribution as a marginal Labor seat. It was first contested at the 1993 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Lorraine Rosenberg as part of a large swing throughout the state. However, she was swept away at the 1997 election, with John Hill reclaiming the seat for Labor. For most of the time since then, it has been a fairly safe to safe Labor seat, as its predecessor Baudin had been for most of its existence.

John Hill resigned from parliament at the 2014 election, replaced by Labor's Chris Picton.

Members for Kaurna

Member		Party	Term
	Lorraine Rosenberg	Liberal	1993–1997
	John Hill	Labor	1997–2014
	Chris Picton	Labor	2014–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kaurna

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Kaurna.[edit]

2022 South Australian state election: Kaurna

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Picton	13,696	56.0	+0.4
	Liberal	Sarika Sharma	5,053	20.7	−7.4
	Greens	Sean Weatherly	2,649	10.8	+1.7
	One Nation	Peter Heggie	2,000	8.2	+8.2
	Family First	Steven Price	1,050	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			24,448	96.6
Informal votes			867	3.4
Turnout			25,315	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Picton	17,141	70.1	+4.1
	Liberal	Sarika Sharma	7,307	29.9	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1