Electoral district of Schubert

Schubert
South Australia—House of Assembly
Map of South Australia with electoral district of Schubert highlighted
Electoral district of Schubert (green) in South Australia
StateSouth Australia
Created1997
MPAshton Hurn
PartyLiberal Party of Australia
NamesakeMax Schubert
Electors25,411 (2022)
Area2,181.3 km2 (842.2 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates34°40′48″S 139°11′32″E / 34.68000°S 139.19222°E / -34.68000; 139.19222
Electorates around Schubert:
Narungga Frome Stuart
Narungga
Taylor		 Schubert Chaffey
Taylor & others[1] various[2] Hammond
Footnotes
Electoral District map[3]

Schubert is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly covering an area of 2,017.8 km2. It is named after Max Schubert, the winemaker of Penfolds Grange Hermitage. The Barossa Valley area was first represented by the seat of Barossa. The seat of Custance was abolished and recreated as Schubert in the 1994 redistribution and first contested at the 1997 election. Schubert incorporates all of the Barossa Council, and is made up of portions of the Adelaide Hills Council, City of Playford, City of Tea Tree Gully, Light Regional Council, and Mid Murray Council. Areas covered include Eden Valley, Kersbrook, Nuriootpa, Lyndoch, Springton, Tanunda, and Williamstown.

2020 Boundary redistribution

Following the 2020 redistribution Schubert underwent major boundary changes. The western end of the electorate including Freeling, Roseworthy and Wasleys were transferred to Frome. But the major changes were south where Schubert gained parts of the Adelaide Hills that were previously in Newland and Morialta. Schubert now stretches as far south as Paracombe, Cudlee Creek and Mount Torrens.

The key changes were the following:

Schubert gained the localities of Bibaringa, Birdwood, Chain of Ponds, Cromer, Cudlee Creek, Ebenezer, Forreston, Gumeracha, Houghton, Humbug Scrub, Inglewood, Kenton Valley, Kersbrook, Koonunga, Lower Hermitage, Kenton Valley, Millbrook, Moppa, Mount Torrens, Paracombe, Sampson Flat, St Johns, St Kitts, Truro, Uleybury, Upper Hermitage, and Yattalunga.

It lost a portion of Adelaide Plains Council (which includes the localities of Fischer and Lewiston and a portion of the locality of Reeves Plains) and a portion of Light Regional Council (which includes the localities of Freeling, Kangaroo Flat and Roseworthy). It also lost the localities of Gawler Belt, Gawler River and Ward Belt, and the remainder of the localities of Hamley Bridge and Reeves Plains.

Members for Schubert

Member Party Term
  Ivan Venning Liberal 1997–2014
  Stephan Knoll Liberal 2014–2022
  Ashton Hurn Liberal 2022–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Schubert
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § Schubert.[edit]
2022 South Australian state election: Schubert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ashton Hurn 12,580 51.4 +2.1
Labor Connor Watson 5,557 22.7 +1.9
Greens Beverley Morris 2,493 10.2 +4.8
One Nation Phill Mueller 1,658 6.8 +6.8
Family First Alfred Gerhard 934 3.8 +3.8
Independent Lea Rebane 707 2.9 +2.9
National Bruce Preece 522 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 24,451 96.2
Informal votes 960 3.8
Turnout 25,411 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ashton Hurn 15,124 61.9 −3.8
Labor Connor Watson 9,327 38.1 +3.8
Liberal hold Swing −3.8

Notes

  1. ^ Taylor & 4 others
  2. ^ Taylor & 4 others & Hammond
  3. ^ Electoral District of Schubert (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link‍]

References