Electoral district of Light
state electoral district of South Australia
Light is an electoral district of South Australia. It was created in 1857, abolished in 1902 and recreated in 1938.
| Light South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Electoral district of Light (green) in Greater Adelaide | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1857–1902, 1938–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Tony Piccolo | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Colonel William Light | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 25,990 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 62.36 km2 (24.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan and rural | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Footnotes | |||||||||||||||
| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Light is in Adelaide.
Election results
change| 2022 South Australian state election: Light | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Tony Piccolo | 13,144 | 57.5 | +6.4 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Williamson | 5,468 | 23.9 | −10.5 | |
| One Nation | David Duncan | 1,542 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
| Greens | Brett Ferris | 1,506 | 6.6 | −0.3 | |
| Family First | Benjamin Hackett | 1,184 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,844 | 97.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 704 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 23,548 | 88.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tony Piccolo | 15,873 | 69.5 | +11.1 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Williamson | 6,971 | 30.5 | −11.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +11.1 | |||
References
change- ↑ Electoral District of Light (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]