Division of Hindmarsh facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hindmarsh Australian House of Representatives Division
Hindmarsh (dark green) in the city of Adelaide (2019)
Created	1903
MP	Matt Williams
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Sir John Hindmarsh
Electors	122,645 (2019)
Area	78 km2 (30.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

Governor John Hindmarsh

The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. It covers the western suburbs of Adelaide, including Adelaide Airport, Ascot Park, Brooklyn Park, Edwardstown, Fulham, Glenelg, Grange, Henley Beach, Kidman Park, Kurralta Park, Morphettville, Plympton, Richmond, Semaphore Park, Torrensville, West Beach and West Lakes.

It was set up in 1903 and is named after Sir John Hindmarsh, who was Governor of South Australia 1836-38.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		James Hutchison (1859–1909)	Labour	1903– 6 December 1909	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of East Adelaide. Served as minister under Fisher. Died in office
		William Archibald (1850–1926)	Labor	1910 – 14 November 1916	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide. Served as minister under Fisher and Hughes. Lost seat
			National Labor	14 November 1916 – 17 February 1917
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 1919
		Norman Makin (1889–1982)	Labor	1919 – 1946	Served as Speaker during the Scullin Government. Served as minister under John Curtin, Frank Forde and Ben Chifley. Retired. Later elected to the Division of Sturt in 1954.
		Albert Thompson (1886–1966)	Labor	1946 – 1949	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Semaphore. Transferred to the Division of Port Adelaide
		Clyde Cameron (1913–2008)	Labor	1949 – 1980	Served as minister under Gough Whitlam. Retired
		John Scott (1934–)	Labor	1980 – 1993	Retired
		Chris Gallus (1943–)	Liberal	1993 – 2004	Previously held the Division of Hawker. Retired
		Steve Georganas (1959–)	Labor	2004 – 2013	Lost seat
		Matt Williams (1973–)	Liberal	2013 – 2016	Lost seat
		Steve Georganas (1959–)	Labor	2016 – 2019	Transferred to the Division of Adelaide
		Mark Butler (1970–)	Labor	2019 – present	Previously held the Division of Port Adelaide. Incumbent

Election results

• The Australian Political Almanac, 1st edition, Peter Wilson, 2002, Hardie Grant Books

Images for kids

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  Sir John Hindmarsh, the division's namesake