South Australia

Rob Manwaring; Josh Holloway; Andrew Parkin

doi:10.31389/lsepress.ada.t

South Australia

Rob Manwaring
, Josh Holloway
, Andrew Parkin

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South Australia (SA) is one of the country’s oldest states, having been proclaimed as a freely settled colony in 1836 and assuming self-governing status in 1856. Much of its area remains sparsely inhabited, with Adelaide as the dominant population centre on the south coast. With 1.8 million people the state ranks fifth in size. Until the mid-1970s elections in the state were shaped by a significant malapportionment of its electoral boundaries, which over-allocated seats to rural and regional areas, with voters in Adelaide and its surrounds badly under-represented – a gerrymander nicknamed the ‘Playmander’ (after former Premier Playford). However, following electoral reforms in 1974 the state has been a more even battleground, although the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has tended to dominate the winning of elections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Australia's Evolving Democracy
Subtitle of host publication	A New Democratic Audit
Editors	Mark Evans, Patrick Dunleavy, John Phillimore
Place of Publication	London, UK
Publisher	LSE Press
Chapter	20
Pages	432-452
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-911712-31-2, 978-1-911712-32-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-911712-30-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.ada.t
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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Australian politics
Democracy
South Australia

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