| Black South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 2022 boundaries shown in green in Adelaide region | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Alex Dighton | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Dorrit Black | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,437 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 26.6 km2 (10.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°03′S138°32′E / 35.05°S 138.53°E /-35.05; 138.53 | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Black is a single-memberelectoral district for theSouth Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the2018 state election.[2] Black is named afterDorrit Black (Dorothea Foster Black, 1891–1951), a South Australian modern artist, best known forlinocuts, oil and watercolour paintings.[2]
Black lies south-west of theAdelaide city centre and includes the suburbs ofDarlington,Hallett Cove,Kingston Park,Marino,O'Halloran Hill,Seacliff,Seacliff Park,Seacombe Heights,Seaview Downs,Sheidow Park andTrott Park.[3]
At its creation in 2018, Black was projected to be notionally held by theLiberal Party with a swing of 2.6% required to lose it.[4]: Appendix 12 Black replaced the electorate ofMitchell that was abolished ahead of the 2018 state election.[2] Black does not extend as far north or south as Mitchell did, but extends west to the coast through part of what used to beBright.
Aby-election was held on 16 November 2024, after the incumbent MP,David Speirs, resigned due to legal charges.[5] The by-election was won by theLabor candidate,Alex Dighton, following an 9% swing to Labor.[6]
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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.jpg) | David Speirs (1984–) | Liberal | 17 March 2018 – 15 October 2024 | Transferred fromelectoral district of Bright.Leader of the Opposition from2022 until2024. Resigned | |
 | Alex Dighton (1981–) | Labor | 16 November 2024 – present | Wonby-election. Incumbent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Alex Dighton | 10,248 | 47.9 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal | Amanda Wilson | 7,300 | 34.1 | −16.0 | |
| Greens | Sarah Luscombe | 2,799 | 13.1 | +1.3 | |
| Australian Family | Jonathan Parkin | 1,069 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,416 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 497 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 21,913 | 82.6 | −9.5 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Alex Dighton | 12,820 | 59.9 | +12.6 | |
| Liberal | Amanda Wilson | 8,596 | 40.1 | −12.6 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +12.6 | |||
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