Division of Boothby

The Division of Boothby is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was set up 1903 and is named for William Boothby (1829–1903), the Returning Officer for the first federal election in 1901.

Boothby Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1903
MP	Louise Miller-Frost
Party	Labor
Namesake	William Boothby
Electors	123,949 (2019)
Area	130 km2 (50.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

It covers the suburbs south of Adelaide, including Aberfoyle Park, Belair, Blackwood, Brighton, Daw Park, Eden Hills, Flagstaff Hill, Marion, Mitcham, Seacliff, St Marys and Panorama.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Lee Batchelor (1865–1911)	Labour	16 December 1903 – 8 October 1911	Previously held the Division of South Australia. Served as minister under Watson and Fisher. Died in office
		David Gordon (1865–1946)	Commonwealth Liberal	11 November 1911 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat. Later elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in 1913
		George Dankel (1864–1926)	Labor	31 May 1913 – 14 November 1916	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Torrens. Retired
			National Labor	14 November 1916 – 17 February 1917
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 26 March 1917
		William Story (1857–1924)	Nationalist	5 May 1917 – 16 December 1922	Previously a member of the Senate. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hughes. Lost seat
		Jack Duncan-Hughes (1882–1962)	Liberal Union	16 December 1922 – 1925	Lost seat. Later elected to the Senate in 1931
			Nationalist	1925 – 17 November 1928
		John Price (1882–1941)	Labor	17 November 1928 – March 1931	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Lyons. Died in office
			Independent	March 1931 – 7 May 1931
			United Australia	7 May 1931 – 23 April 1941
		Grenfell Price (1892–1977)	United Australia	24 May 1941 – 21 August 1943	Lost seat
		Thomas Sheehy (1899–1984)	Labor	21 August 1943 – 10 December 1949	Did not contest in 1949. Failed to win the Division of Kingston
		(Sir) John McLeay Sr. (1893–1982)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 31 October 1966	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Unley. Served as Speaker during the Menzies and Holt Governments. Retired. Son was John McLeay Jr.
		John McLeay Jr. (1922–2000)	Liberal	26 November 1966 – 22 January 1981	Served as minister under Fraser. Resigned in order to retire from politics. Father was John McLeay Sr.
		Steele Hall (1928–)	Liberal	21 February 1981 – 29 January 1996	Previously served as the Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970. Previously a member of the Senate. Retired
		Andrew Southcott (1967–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 9 May 2016	Retired
		Nicolle Flint (1978–)	Liberal	2 July 2016 – present	Incumbent

David Gordon won the seat in a by-election in 1911 caused by the death of Lee Batchelor. Another by-election was held in 1941 after the death of John Price. Sir John McLeay was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1956-66. His son John, Jr., was a minister in the Fraser government. Steele Hall had been Premier of South Australia, when he won the seat in a by-election caused by McLeay accepting a diplomatic position overseas.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Boothby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rachel Swift	43,196	37.99	−7.20
	Labor	Louise Miller-Frost	36,746	32.32	−2.31
	Greens	Jeremy Carter	17,285	15.20	+3.24
	Independent	Jo Dyer	7,441	6.54	+6.54
	United Australia	Graeme Clark	2,520	2.22	+0.33
	One Nation	Bob Couch	2,320	2.04	+2.04
	Animal Justice	Frankie Bray	1,358	1.19	−1.23
	Liberal Democrats	Aleksandra Nikolic	1,250	1.10	+1.10
	Independent	Paul Busuttil	1,048	0.92	+0.92
	Australian Federation	Peter Harris	543	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			113,707	95.56	+0.26
Informal votes			5,289	4.44	−0.26
Turnout			118,996	92.54	−1.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Louise Miller-Frost	60,579	53.28	+4.66
	Liberal	Rachel Swift	53,128	46.72	−4.66
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.66

Notes

• ABC profile for Boothby: 2013
• AEC profile for Boothby: 2013
• Poll Bludger profile for Boothby: 2013 Archived 2014-07-20 at the Wayback Machine