Glenelg was an electoral district of the

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in the Australian state of

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from 1938 to 1985. The Holdfast Bay area has long been a conservative stronghold, and Glenelg was one of the few

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-area seats where the

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consistently did well. The pattern was broken at the 1965 state election, when Glenelg was one of two

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gains that helped Labor finally beat the

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and end 33 years of LCL rule. Labor retained the seat even as it lost government in

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. The LCL regained it in

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even as Labor won a convincing victory in the first election held after a major electoral reform gave Adelaide a majority of seats in the legislature. The seat quickly reverted to its traditional status as a safely conservative seat. Glenelg was abolished in a boundary redistribution prior to the 1985 election with much of the area merged into the seat of Morphett.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glenelg Former electoral districts of South Australia 1938 establishments in Australia 1985 disestablishments in Australia