Division of Makin

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the Kiribati parliamentary constituency, see Makin (constituency).

The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives. It covers the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, including Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Golden Grove, Greenwith, Gulfview Heights, Ingle Farm, Mawson Lakes, Modbury, Para Hills, Para Vista, Pooraka, Redwood Park, Ridgehaven, Salisbury East, Salisbury Heights, St Agnes, Surrey Downs, Tea Tree Gully, Valley View, Vista, Walkley Heights, Wynn Vale, Yatala Vale, and parts of Gepps Cross and Hope Valley.

Makin Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	1984
MP	Tony Zappia
Party	Labor
Namesake	Norman Makin
Electors	120,007 (2019)
Area	130 km2 (50.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Norman Makin

It was set up in 1984 and named after Norman Makin, a former member of Parliament, Speaker and diplomat.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Peter Duncan (1945–)	Labor	1984 Australian federal election, 1 December 1984 – 1996 Australian federal election, 2 March 1996	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Elizabeth. Served as minister under Bob Hawke. Lost seat
		Trish Draper (1959–)	Liberal	1996 Australian federal election, 2 March 1996 – 2007 Australian federal election, 17 October 2007	Retired
		Tony Zappia (1952–)	Labor	2007 Australian federal election, 24 November 2007 – present	Incumbent

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Makin[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Zappia	49,843	46.30	−2.12
	Liberal	Alan Howard-Jones	33,840	31.44	−1.44
	Greens	Emma Mustaca	12,317	11.44	+2.81
	One Nation	Rajan Vaid	5,097	4.74	+4.74
	United Australia	Kimberley Drozdoff	4,638	4.31	−2.13
	Australian Federation	Abram Lazootin	1,907	1.77	+1.77
Total formal votes			107,642	95.87	+0.36
Informal votes			4,639	4.13	−0.36
Turnout			112,281	91.20	−1.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Zappia	65,444	60.80	+1.08
	Liberal	Alan Howard-Jones	42,198	39.20	−1.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.08