Electoral district of Croydon (South Australia)
| Croydon South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election[a] | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Peter Malinauskas | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Croydon | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 24,628 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.78 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′43″S 138°33′40″E / 34.87861°S 138.56111°E | ||||||||||||||
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Croydon is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of Croydon, it is a 18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west. In addition to Croydon, it includes Angle 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 of Allenby Gardens, Welland, and West Hindmarsh.
Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe Labor seat, replacing the abolished Spence. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, when it was won by future Attorney-General and Speaker Michael Atkinson, who had been the member for Spence since 1989.
The seat is split between the marginal federal seats of Adelaide and Hindmarsh and the safe federal Labor seat of Port Adelaide. Following the 2014 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 to Grand Junction Road. The southwestern boundary also changed, with Beverley, Woodville Park, Hindmarsh and Flinders Park being absorbed by the neighbouring districts of Cheltenham and West Torrens.
In February 2017, Atkinson announced his intention not to re-contest the seat at the 2018 election.[2] Upper house MP Peter Malinauskas succeeded him at the 2018 election.[3]
The 2020 redistribution added Kilburn and the north-west quarter of Prospect from neighboring Enfield. The parts of Allenby Gardens, Welland and West Hindmarsh were removed from and added to the electorate of West Torrens.[4]
Members for Croydon
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Michael Atkinson | Labor | 2002–2018 | |
| Peter Malinauskas | Labor | 2018–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 9,116 | 56.1 | −4.7 | |
| One Nation | Dale Blackeby | 1,883 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
| Greens | Ruby Dolling | 1,815 | 11.2 | −1.2 | |
| Liberal | Michael Santagata | 1,232 | 7.6 | −14.9 | |
| Independent Socialist | Ahmed Azhar | 1,161 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Family First | Hieu Pham | 705 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Animal Justice | Suzanne Pope | 215 | 1.3 | −3.1 | |
| Australian Family | Joey Elms | 71 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| United Voice | Daniel Bettinelli | 55 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,253 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 748 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 17,001 | ||||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 13,135 | 82.1 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal | Michael Santagata | 2,862 | 17.9 | −7.3 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Malinauskas | 12,217 | 75.2 | +0.4 | |
| One Nation | Dale Blackeby | 4,036 | 24.8 | +24.8 | |
| Labor hold | |||||
Results are not final. Last updated on 22 March at 6:03pm ACDT.
Notes
- ^ "2024 EDBC Final Report Appendices". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ "State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election". The Advertiser. 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Peter Malinauskas". Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Final Redistribution Report". Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission, South Australian. 2020.
- ^ "Croydon - SA Election 2026". ABC News.