Electoral District Of Albert (South Australia)

Albert was an South Australian House of Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly in South Australia, spanning its time as both a colony and a state. It was created in 1875, taking much territory from adjacent electoral district of Victoria, Victoria, merged with Victoria in 1902 as electoral district of Victoria and Albert, Victoria and Albert, separated again in 1915, and abolished in 1970.

In 1875, Albert had booths at Bordertown, South Australia, Bordertown, Kingston SE, Kingston, Meningie, South Australia, Meningie, Naracoorte, South Australia, Naracoorte, Robe, South Australia, Robe and Wellington East, South Australia, Wellington East. It added booths at Lucindale, South Australia, Lucindale (1878), Mannum East, South Australia, Mannum East (1884), Wolseley, South Australia, Wolseley (1885) and Mundulla, South Australia, Mundulla (1887). It lost the Mannum East booth in 1890, but added further booths at Frances, South Australia, Frances, Glenroy, South Australia, Glenroy and Keith, South Australia, Keith in 1893, at which time the Naracoorte booth was also renamed Kincraig. In 1896, Albert also added booths at Conmurra, South Australia, Conmurra, Holder, South Australia, Holder, Kingston On Murray, South Australia, Kingston on Murray, Lyrup, South Australia, Lyrup, Murtho, South Australia, Murtho, Point McLeay, South Australia, Point McLeay, Pyap, South Australia, Pyap and Waikerie, South Australia, Waikerie, but lost Glenroy. It regained a Glenroy booth and added Cookes Plains, South Australia, Cookes Plains in 1899. It was then merged with electoral district of Victoria, Victoria as electoral district of Victoria and Albert, Victoria and Albert from the 1902 South Australian state election, 1902 state election.

The recreated Albert seat in 1915 had booths at Alawoona, South Australia, Alawoona, Berri, South Australia, Berri, Bogg Flat, South Australia, Bogg Flat, Borrika, South Australia, Borrika, Chapman Bore, South Australia, Chapman Bore, Cookes Plains, South Australia, Cookes Plains, Coomandook, South Australia, Coomandook, Clarfield, South Australia, Clarfield, Coonalpyn, South Australia, Coonalpyn, East Wellington, South Australia, East Wellington, Geranium, South Australia, Geranium, Glenope, South Australia, Glenope, Hooper, South Australia, Hooper, Karoonda, South Australia, Karoonda, Lameroo, South Australia, Lameroo, Loxton, South Australia, Loxton, Lyrup, South Australia, Lyrup, Jabuk, South Australia, Marmon Jabuk, Meningie, South Australia, Meningie, Moorlands, South Australia, Moorlands, Netherton, South Australia, Netherton, Notts Well, South Australia, Notts Well, Paisley, South Australia, Paisley, Pangira, South Australia, Pangira, Parilla, South Australia, Parilla, Parrakie, South Australia, Parrakie, Paruna, South Australia, Paruna, Peake, South Australia, Peake, Point McLeay, South Australia, Point McLeay, Poyntz Bore, South Australia, Poyntz Bore, Pinnaroo, South Australia, Pinnaroo, Pyap West, South Australia, Pyap West, Sandalwood, South Australia, Sandalwood, Sherlock, South Australia, Sherlock, Swan Reach, South Australia, Swan Reach, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Tailem Bend, Taplan, South Australia, Taplan, Tintinara, South Australia, Tintinara, Waikerie, South Australia, Waikerie, Wanbi, South Australia, Wanbi, West Wellington, South Australia, West Wellington and Wilkawatt, South Australia, Wilkawatt.

In 1938, the House of Assembly changed from multi-member to single-member districts, and Albert was redistributed as a smaller district along significantly district boundaries, losing territory along the Murray River to the new seats of electoral district of Chaffey, Chaffey and electoral district of Ridley, Ridley and the redistributed electoral district of Murray (South Australia), Murray. The new Albert had booths at Ashville, South Australia, Ashville, Bordertown, South Australia, Bordertown, Buccleuch, South Australia, Buccleuch, Cannawigara, South Australia, Cannawigara, Clanfield, South Australia, Clanfield, Cookes Plains, South Australia, Cookes Plains, Coomandook, South Australia, Coomandook, Coonalpyn, South Australia, Coonalpyn, Cotton, South Australia, Cotton, Custon, South Australia, Custon, Geranium, South Australia, Geranium, Gurrai, South Australia, Gurrai, Jabuk, South Australia, Jabuk, Karte, South Australia, Karte, Ki Ki, South Australia, Ki Ki, Kulkami, South Australia, Kulkami, Keith, South Australia, Keith, Kongal, South Australia, Kongal, Lameroo, South Australia, Lameroo, Meningie, South Australia, Meningie, Moorlands, South Australia, Moorlands, Mulpata North, South Australia, Mulpata North, Mundalla, South Australia, Mundalla, Narrung, South Australia, Narrung, Netherton, South Australia, Netherton, Padthaway, South Australia, Padthaway, Parilla, South Australia, Parilla, Parrakie, South Australia, Parrakie, Peake, South Australia, Peake, Peebinga, South Australia, Peebinga, Pinnaroo, South Australia, Pinnaroo, Point McLeay, South Australia, Point McLeay, Sherlock, South Australia, Sherlock, Tintinara, South Australia, Tintinara, Wilkawatt, South Australia, Wilkawatt, Wirrega, South Australia, Wirrega and Wolseley, South Australia, Wolseley.

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Former electoral districts of South Australia
1875 establishments in Australia
1915 establishments in Australia
1902 disestablishments in Australia
1959 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1875
Constituencies disestablished in 1959
Constituencies established in 1915
Constituencies disestablished in 1902