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Electoral district of Hammond

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Hammond is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Ruby Hammond, the first indigenous woman to stand for the South Australian parliament. It is a large rural electorate, covering 17,133.6km² in the east and south-east of the state and taking in the towns of Karoonda, Karte, Mantung, Mindarie, Monarto, Murray Bridge, Mypolonga, Purnong, Strathalbyn, Tailem Bend, Wanbi and Wellington. Hammond was created in the 1994 redistribution and was first contested at the 1997 state election. As it covers a largely conservative rural area, it was easily won by maverick Liberal Party of Australia member Peter Lewis, who had changed to the new seat. Lewis briefly tried to have the seat renamed in 1998 on the basis that Hammond had few ties to the elctorate, proposing the alternative names of Murray Mallee or, if a ceremonial name was required, Unaipon, in honour of indigenous writer, preacher and inventor David Unaipon. Lewis was expelled from the Liberal Party in 2000, and successfully recontested the seat as an independent at the 2002 election, depriving the party of what would usually be a safe seat. Lewis' second term, however, was embroiled in controversy, and he attempted unsuccessfully to shift to the Legislative Council when it became clear that he had little-to-no chance of retaining his seat at the 2006 election. Hammond subsequently reverted to form at the election, with Liberal candidate Adrian Pederick taking back the seat for the party.

2006 South Australian state election
Registered Voters		22,902		Safe Liberal
Votes Cast		21,369		Turnout %	93.3	-1.3
Informal Votes		863		Informal %	4.0	+1.6
Party		Candidate	Primary Votes	Vote %	Swing %
	One Nation Party	David Kleinig	845	4.1	+0.0
	Family First Party	Peter Duff	1,907	9.3	+9.3
	Liberal Party of Australia	Adrian Pederick	10,039	49.0	+7.8	Elected
	Australian Democrats	Andrew Castrique	739	3.6	-2.0
	SA Greens	Matt Rigney	1,476	7.2	+7.2
	Australian Labor Party	James Peikert	5,500	26.8	+9.6
	Community Leadership Independence Coalition				-31.8
Two Candidate Preferred
	Liberal Party of Australia	Adrian Pederick	12,716	62.0	+14.1	Elected
	Australian Labor Party	James Peikert	7,790	38.0	+4.2
Total			20,506