Division of Wakefield facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wakefield Australian House of Representatives Division
Wakefield (dark green) in the state of South Australia
Created	1903
Abolished	2019
Namesake	Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Electors	103,458 (2013)
Area	6,407 km2 (2,473.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

The Division of Wakefield was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. It covered an area from the northern suburbs of Adelaide to the Clare Valley, 135 km north of Adelaide. It includes the suburbs of Elizabeth, Craigmore, Munno Para, Virginia, and part of Salisbury, and the towns of Gawler, Balaklava, Clare, Kapunda, Riverton, Mallala, Freeling, Tarlee, Williamstown, and parts of Port Wakefield.

The Division was named after Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who planned settlements in South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It was set up in 1903. It was abolished in 2019 when a redistribution cut the number of divisions in South Australia to ten.

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sir Frederick Holder	Independent	1903–1909	Previously held the Division of South Australia. Served as Speaker during the Barton, Deakin, Watson, Reid and Fisher Governments. Died in office
		Richard Foster	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Flinders. Served as minister under Hughes. Lost seat
			Nationalist	1917–1922
			Liberal Union	1922–1925
			Nationalist	1925–1928
		Maurice Collins	Country	1928–1929	Lost seat
		Charles Hawker	Nationalist	1929–1931	Served as minister under Lyons.
			United Australia	1931–1938		Died in office
		Sydney McHugh	Labor	1938–1940	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Burra Burra. Lost seat. Later elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Light in 1941.
		Jack Duncan-Hughes	United Australia	1940–1943	Previously a member of the Senate. Lost seat
		Albert Smith	Labor	1943–1946	Previously a member of the Senate. Lost seat
		(Sir) Philip McBride	Liberal	1946–1958	Previously a member of the Senate. Served as minister under Robert Menzies. Retired
		Bert Kelly	Liberal	1958–1977	Previously a member of the Senate. Served as minister under Harold Holt, John McEwen and John Gorton. Lost preselection and retired
		Geoffrey Giles	Liberal	1977–1983	Previously held the Division of Angas. Retired
		Neil Andrew	Liberal	1983–2004	Served as Chief Government Whip under John Howard. Served as Speaker during the Howard Government. Retired
		David Fawcett	Liberal	2004–2007	Lost seat. Later elected to the Senate in 2010.
		Nick Champion	Labor	2007–2019

Sir Frederick Holder and Neil Andrew (1998–2004) were Speaker of the House. Holder was also Premier of South Australia on two occasions. Holder's death in 1909 caused a by-election. In 1938 the death of Charles Hawker also caused another by-election.

Election results

Images for kids

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  Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the division's namesake