Croydon is a single-member electoral district for the

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. Named after the suburb of

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, it is a suburban electorate in

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's inner north-west. In addition to Croydon, it includes Angle Park, Athol Park,

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, Brompton, Croydon Park, Devon Park, Dudley Park, Ferryden Park,

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, Regency Park, Renown Park, Ridleyton, West Croydon, Woodville Gardens; and parts of Allenby Gardens,

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, and West Hindmarsh. Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe

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seat, replacing the abolished Spence. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by future

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and

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Michael Atkinson, the previous member for Spence since 1989. The seat is split between the marginal federal seats of

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. The 2016 redistribution by the electoral districts boundaries commission saw the northern boundary of Croydon district extended northwards from the vicinity of

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. The southwestern boundary also changed, with

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, Woodville Park, Hindmarsh and Flinders Park being absorbed by the neighbouring districts of Cheltenham and West Torrens. In February 2017, Atkinson announced his intention to resign from parliament and not recontest the seat as of the 2018 election. Upper house MP

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succeeded him at the 2018 election. The 2020 redistribution added Kilburn and the north-west quarter of Prospect from neighboring

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. The parts of Allenby Gardens, Welland and West Hindmarsh were removed from and added to the electorate of West Torrens.

Members for Croydon

Election results

Notes

References

ECSA profile for Croydon: 2018

ABC profile for Croydon: 2018

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