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Electoral district of Chaffey

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2006 State Election

First preference
Party %
Nationals SA 53.2%
Liberal Party of Australia 28.2%
Australian Labor Party 9.8%
Family First Party 5.0%
SA Greens 2.4%
Australian Democrats 1.4%
Two Party Preferred
Nationals SA 67.2%
Liberal Party of Australia 32.8%
Swing from 2002
Nationals SA +3.2%

The Electoral district of Chaffey is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It covers the Riverland region of South Australia and is named after brothers George and William Chaffey who established the irrigation area along the Murray River from 1886. It is currently held by Karlene Maywald for the Nationals SA.

The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution.

There were six candidates for the 2006 election, but Karlene Maywald easily retained her seat.

Member Party Term
William MacGillivray Independent 1938-1956
Harold King LCL 1956-1962
Arthur Curren ALP 1962-1968
Peter Arnold LCL 1968-1970
Arthur Curren ALP 1970-1973
Peter Arnold LCL/Liberal 1973-1993
Kent Andrew Liberal 1993-1997
Karlene Maywald Nationals SA 1997-present

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