Wakefield (constituency, Australia)
Coordinates: 34 ° 15 ′ S , 138 ° 37 ′ E
Wakefield is one of 150 constituencies used to elect the Australian House of Representatives . The constituency was founded in 1903 and is located north of Adelaide . It extends from Salisbury , a district of Adelaide, to Clare . The northeast coast of the Gulf Saint Vincent to Port Wakefield also belongs to the constituency.
In the last election, Nick Champion from the Australian Labor Party won .
Previous MPs
Surname | Political party | Terms of office |
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Frederick Holder | independent | 1903-1909 |
Richard Foster | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1909-1916 |
Nationalist Party of Australia | 1916-1922 | |
Liberal Union | 1922-1925 | |
Nationalist Party of Australia | 1925-1928 | |
Maurice Collins | Country Party of Australia | 1928-1929 |
Charles Hawker | Nationalist Party of Australia | 1929-1931 |
United Australia Party | 1931-1938 | |
Sydney McHugh | Australian Labor Party | 1938-1940 |
Jack Duncan-Hughes | United Australia Party | 1940-1943 |
Albert Smith | Australian Labor Party | 1943-1946 |
Philip McBride | Liberal Party of Australia | 1946-1958 |
Bert Kelly | Liberal Party of Australia | 1958-1977 |
Geoffrey Giles | Liberal Party of Australia | 1977-1983 |
Neil Andrew | Liberal Party of Australia | 1983-2004 |
David Fawcett | Liberal Party of Australia | 2004-2007 |
Nick Champion | Australian Labor Party | 2007 – acting |