State South Australia MP Michael Atkinson Demographic Metropolitan Area 17.3 km² Elector 23,441 | Created 2002 Electors 23,441 (2014) Founded 2002 Member of parliament Michael Atkinson Namesake Croydon | |
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Party Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) | ||
Croydon is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the suburb of the same name, it is a 17.3 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west, taking in the suburbs of Allenby Gardens, Beverley, Brompton, Bowden, Croydon, West Croydon, Croydon Park, Devon Park, Dudley Park, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, West Hindmarsh, Kilkenny, Renown Park, Ridleyton, Welland, Woodville Gardens, Woodville Park and parts of Ferryden Park.
Croydon was created in the 1998 electoral distribution as a safe Labor seat, replacing the abolished Spence. It was first contested at the 2002 state election, where it was won by former Attorney-General and current Speaker Michael Atkinson, the previous member for Spence since 1989. The seat is split between the marginal federal seats of Adelaide and Hindmarsh and the safe federal Labor seat of Port Adelaide. Following the 2014 election Croydon became Labor's safest seat on an 18.9 percent margin.