North Adelaide - Politics

Politics

2010 State Election
Polling Booth Lower North Adelaide North Adelaide East
Liberal 52.4% 52.7%
Labor 27.2% 28.3%
Greens 12.3% 9.7%
Other Formal 4.9% 5.9%
2010 Federal Election
Polling Booth Lower North Adelaide North Adelaide
Liberal 45.7% 49.8%
Labor 34.0% 32.9%
Greens 17.2% 13.0%
Other Formal 3.1% 4.4%

North Adelaide is part of the state electoral district of Adelaide, which has been held since 2010 by Liberal MP Rachel Sanderson. In federal politics, the suburb is part of the division of Adelaide, and has been represented by Labor MP Kate Ellis since 2004. North Adelaide usually has two polling booths for federal and state elections, North Adelaide (East) at the North Adelaide Primary School and Lower North Adelaide at St Cyprian's Church. The first preference votes for these two booths for the 2010 state and federal elections are shown in tables.

In local government, North Adelaide forms the North ward within the City of Adelaide, and the current Lord Mayor for Adelaide is Stephen Yarwood. North Adelaide is currently represented by councillors Susan Clearihan and Sandy Wilkinson.

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