Electoral district of Badcoe

Badcoe
South AustraliaHouse of Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election[a]
StateSouth Australia
Created2018
MPJayne Stinson
PartyLabor Party
NamesakePeter Badcoe VC
Electors27,481 (2022)
Area14.5 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°58′S 138°34′E / 34.96°S 138.57°E / -34.96; 138.57
Electorates around Badcoe:
Colton West Torrens Adelaide
Morphett Badcoe Unley
Gibson Elder Elder
Footnotes
  1. ^ The electorate will have no change in boundaries at the 2026 state election.[1]

Badcoe is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was created by the redistribution conducted in 2016, and was contested for the first time at the 2018 state election.[2]

Badcoe lies south-west of the Adelaide city centre and includes the suburbs of Keswick, Ashford, Forestville, Everard Park, Black Forest, Clarence Park, Clarence Gardens, Kurralta Park, Glandore, Edwardstown, Ascot Park, North Plympton, South Plympton and parts of Millswood and Plympton.[3][4] At its creation, Badcoe was projected to be notionally held by the Labor Party with a swing of 4.2% required to lose it.[5]: Appendix 12 

Badcoe is named after Peter John Badcoe VC (1934–1967) who grew up in Adelaide before joining the Australian Army in 1952. He served in artillery and infantry and was killed in the Vietnam War.[2]

Badcoe was created as a replacement for Ashford, which was abolished at the 2018 state election. In February 2017 the member for Ashford, Steph Key, announced that she did not intend to contest the 2018 election.[6]

Members for Badcoe

Member Party Term
  Jayne Stinson Labor 2018–present

Election results

2026 South Australian state election: Badcoe[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jayne Stinson 8,386 50.2 +0.2
One Nation Daniel Shepherd 2,855 17.1 +14.0
Greens Josh Andersen-Ward 2,789 16.7 +5.3
Liberal Amar Singh 2,258 13.5 −15.7
Family First Radosav Jovanovic 301 1.8 ±0.0
Australian Family Jonathan Attard 130 0.8 −1.3
Total formal votes 16,719 97.3 +1.1
Informal votes 456 2.7 −1.1
Turnout 17,175
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jayne Stinson 4,227 68.6 +3.8
One Nation Daniel Shepherd 1,938 31.4 +31.4
Labor hold  

Results are not final. Last updated on 22 March at 3:55pm ACDT.

Notes

  1. ^ "2024 EDBC Final Report Appendices". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Final Redistribution Report". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Electorate: Badcoe". SA Election 2018. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ Badcoe (Map). South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Redistribution Report Appendices". 2016. p. Appendix 9. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Labor MP Stephanie Key to quit marginal seat at next SA election". ABC. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Badcoe - SA Election 2026". ABC News.

References