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LIGHT
SA House of Assembly
The information on this page was provided by the State Electoral Office - South Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at February 2002.
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| Current Member
| Tony PICCOLO |
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| Current Party
| Australian Labor Party |
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| Description
| Metropolitan and rural |
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| Location
| Includes the town of Gawler to the north of the greater Adelaide area. The Light River forms part of the northerly boundary, while the Para River and suburbs to the north of Adelaide form the boundary in the south. |
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| Origin
| Named after Colonel William Light (1786-1839) who was SA's first Surveyor-General. He determined the site for the city of Adelaide, divided it into marketable lots and commenced the division of the state into country sections and township sites. |
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| State
| SA |
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| Area
| 607 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 33,220 as at 2001 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 23,064 as at 18/3/06 |
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