Electoral district of Newland

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2006 State Election
First preference
Party		%
	Australian Labor Party	46.2%
	Liberal Party of Australia	34.1%
	Family First Party	7.0%
	SA Greens	5.2%
	Australian Democrats	3.2%
	No Rodeo	1.5% (316)
	One Nation Party	1.5% (306)
	Dignity for Disabled	1.2%
Two Party Preferred
	Australian Labor Party	56.8%
	Liberal Party of Australia	43.2%
Swing from 2002
	Australian Labor Party	+12.5%

Newland is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after pioneer Simpson Newland, a prominent figure in nineteenth-century South Australia. It is a 30.3km² suburban electorate in north-eastern Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Banksia Park, Highbury, Redwood Park, Ridgehaven, St Agnes, Tea Tree Gully and Vista, as well as parts of Hope Valley and Houghton.

Newland was created at the 1976 redistribution and initially tended to lean towards Labor, being held by the party for nine of its first twelve years (excepting one term between 1979 and 1982. It was one of the marginal seats that changed hands at the 1989 election, where it was won by Liberal candidate Dorothy Kotz, who developed a strong personal following in Newland and had little difficulty being re-elected at successive elections until her retirement in 2006. Upon her retirement, however, her personal vote evaporated, and this, combined with a landslide Labor victory across the state, saw Labor candidate Tom Kenyon take back the seat for Labor.

[edit] Members for Newland

Member	Party	Term
John Klunder	Australian Labor Party	1977—1979
Brian Billard	Liberal Party of Australia	1979—1982
John Klunder	Australian Labor Party	1982—1985
Dianne Gayler	Australian Labor Party	1985—1989
Dorothy Kotz	Liberal Party of Australia	1989—2006
Tom Kenyon	Australian Labor Party	2006—present