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Division of Kingston

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Kingston Australian House of Representatives Division

Created:	1949
State or territory:	South Australia
MP:	Amanda Rishworth
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Charles Kingston
Electors:	97,912
Area:	377 km²
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was first proclaimed in 1949.

About the electorate

The division is named after Charles Cameron Kingston, a Premier of South Australia (1893-1899), elected to the first House of Representatives in 1901 and the first Federal member of the Division of Adelaide in 1903. The division, currently held by Kym Richardson for the Liberal Party of Australia, is a key marginal in the upcoming Australian legislative election, with a margin of only 0.1%. Richardson will be challenged by Labor candidate and psychologist Amanda Rishworth and Australian Democrats candidate Matthew Fowler at the 2007 federal election. (See also Candidates of the Australian general election, 2007) A July 2007 poll in The Advertiser newspaper showed that Rishworth led Richardson by a margin of 57% to 43%. [1] An October 2007 poll had the margin at 56% to 44%. [2]

Australian federal election, 2007: Kingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	42,212	46.65	+4.36
	Liberal	Kym Richardson	35,961	39.74	-3.85
	Family First	Robert Brokenshire	5,169	5.71	+0.07
	Greens	Bill Weller	5,132	5.67	+0.37
	Democrats	Matthew Fowler	859	0.95	-1.21
	Independent	Barry Becker	505	0.56	+0.56
	Independent	Alex Kusznir	380	0.42	+0.42
	Liberty and Democracy	Lachlan Smith	273	0.30	+0.30
Total formal votes			90,491	96.27	+2.04
Informal votes			3,505	3.73	-2.04
Turnout			93,996	96.00	+0.69
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Amanda Rishworth	49,247	54.42	+4.49
	Liberal	Kym Richardson	41,244	45.58	-4.49
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.49

Australian federal election, 2004: Kingston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kym Richardson	36,848	43.59	+3.82
	Labor	David Cox	35,748	42.29	+3.41
	Family First	Andrew Cole	4,767	5.64	+5.64
	Greens	Yvonne Darlington	4,478	5.30	+1.96
	Democrats	Deirdre Albrighton	1,825	2.16	-9.70
	One Nation	Laurel Payne	869	1.03	-3.59
Total formal votes			84,535	94.23	-0.26
Informal votes			5,178	5.77	+0.26
Turnout			89,713	95.31	-0.23
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Kym Richardson	42,327	50.07	+1.42
	Labor	David Cox	42,208	49.93	-1.42
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.42