The Division of South Australia was an Australian electoral division covering

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.The

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was part of South Australia until 1911. Its area was covered by the

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from 1903 to

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. The seven-member statewide seat existed from the inaugural 1901 election until the 1903 election. Each elector cast seven votes. Unlike most of the other states, South Australia had not been split into individual single-member electorates. The other exception was the five-member

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. The statewide seats were abolished at a redistribution conducted two months prior to the 1903 election and were subsequently replaced with single-member divisions, one per displaced member, with each elector now casting a single vote.

Members

''Sorted in order of votes received'' The Division was split into seven single-member seats at the 1903 election –

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(Kingston, Protectionist), Angas (Glynn, Free Trade), Barker (Bonython, Protectionist), Boothby (Batchelor, Labour),

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(Poynton, Labour), Hindmarsh ( Hutchison, Labour) and

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(Holder, Independent).

Election results

Elected members listed in bold. South Australia elected seven members, with each elector casting seven votes.

Notes

References

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