Waite

2018-2022 electoral district map

Electoral District of Waite map (PDF 910 kB)

Features of the district

Location
This district located in the hills and foothills to the south-east of Adelaide combines densely-populated residential areas and hilly countryside.

Area
Approximately 75.4 km²

Localities
Waite includes the suburbs of Belair, Blackwood, Brown Hill Creek, Coromandel East, Coromandel Valley, Crafers West, Craigburn Farm, Eden Hills, Glenalta, Hawthorndene, Kingswood, Lynton, Mitcham, Netherby, Springfield, Torrens Park and Urrbrae. It also includes parts of the suburb of Upper Sturt.

History

The district was created in 1936 and became effective at the 1938 elections.

Origin of the name
The district is named after Peter Waite (1834-1922), who arrived in South Australia in 1859 and acquired property at Urrbrae in 1874. Waite was Chairman of Elder's Wool and Produce Company in 1883 and Chairman of Directors of Elder Smith and Co. in 1888. He donated his Urrbrae estate to the University of Adelaide in 1913 and further land in 1915. He also gave 45 hectares to the South Australian government for the establishment of an agricultural high school. In 1923 the Waite Agricultural Research Institute was named after him.

Key boundary changes compared to 2014
Waite gains the suburbs of Blackwood, Coromandel East, Coromandel Valley, Crafers West, Craigburn Farm, Eden Hills, Glenalta and Hawthordene.  Waite loses the suburbs of Clapham, Hawthorn, Lower Mitcham, Panorama, Pasadena, St Marys and Westbourne Park and parts of the suburbs of Belair, Colonel Light Gardens, Daw Park, Leawood Gardens and Upper Sturt. 

Representation & Results

Members since first represented in 1993

Election results

2018 State Election results
2014 State Election results 
2010 State Election results