Wright is a single-member
electoral district for the
South Australian House of Assembly
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.
Named after the 19th century South Australian architect
Edmund Wright, it is a suburban electorate in
Adelaide
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's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs of
Brahma Lodge,
Gulfview Heights,
Modbury Heights
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,
Redwood Park,
Salisbury South and
Wynn Vale, as well as parts of
Salisbury East and
Surrey Downs.
When created, Wright was a marginal
Labor
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seat at the 1991 electoral distribution, taking in much of the abolished seat of
Briggs. Wright was first contested at the
1993 election, where it was won by
Liberal
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candidate
Scott Ashenden as part of a large swing throughout the state. He was defeated at the
1997 election by Labor candidate
Jennifer Rankine.
Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the
2018 election.
State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017
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Members for Wright
Election results
Notes
References
ECSA profile for Wright: 2018
ABC profile for Wright: 2018
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1993 establishments in Australia
Electoral districts of South Australia