Electoral district of Playford

Playford is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a 22.7 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's north, taking in the suburbs of Green Fields, Mawson Lakes, Para Hills, Para Hills West, Parafield and Parafield Gardens.

Playford South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of Playford (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State	South Australia
Created	1970
MP	John Fulbrook
Party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake	Thomas Playford IV
Electors	26,374 (2018)
Area	24.61 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	34°49′6″S 138°38′12″E
Electorates around Playford: Port Adelaide Ramsay Wright Port Adelaide Playford Wright Port Adelaide Florey Florey
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

Playford was created as a safe Labor seat and was first contested at the 1970 election (when Tom Playford was still alive), where it was won by Labor candidate Terry McRae. At the 1989 election, McRae resigned from politics, with the seat won by Labor candidate John Quirke. Though typically a safe Labor seat, the seat technically became marginal, reduced to just a 2.7 percent two-party margin at the 1993 election landslide. At the 1997 election, Quirke resigned to enter the Australian Senate, with the seat won by Labor candidate Jack Snelling.

Members for Playford

Member		Party	Term
	Terry McRae	Labor	1970–1989
	John Quirke	Labor	1989–1997
	Jack Snelling	Labor	1997–2018
	Michael Brown	Labor	2018–2022
	John Fulbrook	Labor	2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Playford

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

2022 South Australian state election: Playford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Fulbrook	11,922	53.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	5,511	24.7	+6.8
	Greens	David Wright	2,118	9.5	+4.6
	Family First	Rojan Jose	1,773	8.0	+8.0
	Independent	Shane Quinn	973	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			22,297	95.7
Informal votes			1,011	4.3
Turnout			23,308	87.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Fulbrook	14,777	66.3	−2.7
	Liberal	Hemant Dave	7,520	33.7	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7