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PORT ADELAIDE
Federal House of Representatives
The information on this page was obtained from Australian Electoral Commission publications and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at February 2008.
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| Current Member
| Mark BUTLER |
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| Current Party
| Australian Labor Party |
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| Description
| Outer metropolitan |
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| Location
| Port Adelaide covers an area from Buckland Park in the north down to Grange Road in the south whilst its eastern boundary takes in parts of Salisbury. The area also includes Torrens Island and Garden Island. Other suburbs in this division are Alberton, Beverley, Birkenhead, Cheltenham, Findon, Kilkenny, Largs Bay, Mansfield Park, Mawson Lakes, North Haven, Ottoway, Parafield Gardens, Paralowie, Pennington, Port Adelaide, Queenstown, Rosewater, Salisbury Downs, Seaton, Semaphore, Woodville and West Croydon. |
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| Origin
| Port Adelaide is named after the locality, which was discovered by Captain Collett Barker in 1831. Port Adelaide was first proclaimed in 1949. The first election was held for the Division in 1949. |
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| Products/Industries
| Cement, electricity, flour mills, live sheep export, manufacturing industry, motion pictures, petroleum storage, police academy, salt, sewerage treatment, stevedoring, submarine construction, waste disposal/scrap metal merchants and wool stores. |
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| State
| SA |
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| Area
| 253 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 146,007 as at 2006 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 100,519 as at 30/11/07 |
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