Electoral district of Ridley
The Electoral district of Ridley was an electoral district of the South Australian House of Assembly, existing between 1938 and 1970 and between 1993 and 1997.
| Ridley South Australia—House of Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| Dates current | 1938–1970, 1993–1997 |
| Namesake | John Ridley |
| Demographic | Rural |
Named after John Ridley, the inventor of a successful threshing machine,[1] Ridley was a rural electorate located in the riverland area of South Australia, stretching along the southern bank of the Murray River from Morgan to the New South Wales border.[2] Ridley also contained the towns of Waikerie, Lyrup and Loxton.
Created for the 1938 South Australian election, following the change from multi-member to single-member electorates, Ridley was held by Tom Stott for its entire existence. Stott was the longest serving independent in Australian political history.[3]
Ridley was abolished at the 1970 election.[4]
Ridley was recreated as an electoral district in a 1991 redistribution for the 1993 election. In this incarnation, Ridley was 24,797 km² and contained the towns of Coonalpyn, Karoonda, Murray Bridge, Lameroo, Pinnaroo, Tailem Bend and Tintinara.[5] It was a safe Liberal seat, existing until 1997, when it was renamed Hammond.
Members
| First incarnation (1938–1970) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Tom Stott | Independent | 1938–1970 | |
| Second incarnation (1993–1997) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Peter Lewis | Liberal | 1993–1997 | |
Election results
References
- H. J. Finnis (1967) 'Ridley, John (1806 - 1887)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, Melbourne University Press.
- Hetherington, R. & Reid, R. (1962) The South Australian Elections 1959, Rigby.
- Jennings, R. (1992) Barnacles and Parasites, Nesfield Press, Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-9599230-4-9.
- Jaensch, D. (1977) The Government of South Australia, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, ISBN 0-7022-1352-7.
- South Australian State Electoral Office (1995), "Statistical Returns for General Elections, 11 December 1993", pp. 158, 194.