| Croydon South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the2022 state election[a] | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Peter Malinauskas | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Croydon | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 24,628 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.78 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′43″S138°33′40″E / 34.87861°S 138.56111°E /-34.87861; 138.56111 | ||||||||||||||
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Croydon is a single-memberelectoral district for theSouth Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb ofCroydon, it is a 18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi) suburban electorate inAdelaide's inner north-west. In addition to Croydon, it includesAngle Park,Athol Park,Bowden,Brompton,Croydon Park,Devon Park,Dudley Park,Ferryden Park,Kilkenny,Mansfield Park,Regency Park,Renown Park,Ridleyton,West Croydon,Woodville Gardens; and parts ofAllenby Gardens,Welland, andWest Hindmarsh.
Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safeLabor seat, replacing the abolishedSpence. It was first contested at the2002 state election, when it was won by futureAttorney-General andSpeakerMichael Atkinson, who had been the member for Spence since 1989.
The seat is split between the marginal federal seats ofAdelaide andHindmarsh and the safe federal Labor seat ofPort Adelaide. Following the2014 election Croydon became Labor's safest seat, on an 18.9 percent margin. Counting its time as Spence, it has been in Labor hands since its creation in 1970.
The 2016 redistribution saw the northern boundary of Croydon district extended northwards from the vicinity of Regency Road toGrand Junction Road. The southwestern boundary also changed, withBeverley,Woodville Park,Hindmarsh andFlinders Park being absorbed by the neighbouring districts ofCheltenham andWest Torrens.
In February 2017, Atkinson announced his intention not to re-contest the seat at the2018 election.[2] Upper house MPPeter Malinauskas succeeded him at the 2018 election.[3]
The 2020 redistribution addedKilburn and the north-west quarter ofProspect from neighboringEnfield. The parts of Allenby Gardens, Welland and West Hindmarsh were removed from and added to the electorate of West Torrens.[4]
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Michael Atkinson | Labor | 2002–2018 | |
| Peter Malinauskas | Labor | 2018–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 14,064 | 60.8 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | Michael Santagata | 5,197 | 22.5 | +6.1 | |
| Greens | Tracey Davis | 2,858 | 12.3 | +4.6 | |
| Animal Justice | Millie Hammerstein | 1,029 | 4.4 | +1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,148 | 96.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 800 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 23,948 | 85.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 17,305 | 74.8 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal | Michael Santagata | 5,843 | 25.2 | −1.5 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Round 1 | Round 2 | |||
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| Dist. | Total | Dist. | Total | ||||
| Quota (50% + 1) | 11,575 | ||||||
| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 14,064 | +224 | 14,288 | +3,017 | 17,305 | |
| Liberal | Michael Santagata | 5,197 | +167 | 5,364 | +479 | 5,843 | |
| Greens | Tracey Davis | 2,858 | +638 | 3,496 | Excluded | ||
| Animal Justice | Millie Hammerstein | 1,029 | Excluded | ||||