Eyre was an

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of the

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in the Australian state of

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from 1938 to 1997. The seat was located in the vast outback of northern South Australia. It was held by the

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and its predecessor, the

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, for its entire existence, and was usually a safely conservative seat. For the last 27 years of its existence, it was held by

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, who was originally elected in 1970 as a member of the LCL and served as

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in the

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government. Eyre was pushed to the south ahead of the 1993 election, taking in much of the abolished seat of Stuart. Eyre was abolished in a boundary redistribution prior to the 1997 election, dividing the northern South Australian outback into two seats. The eastern half was transferred to the recreated seat of Stuart, while the western half became part of the massively expanded seat of Giles. Gunn successfully transferred to Stuart.

Members

Election results

References

External links

1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyre Former electoral districts of South Australia 1938 establishments in Australia 1997 disestablishments in Australia