State South Australia MP Lee Odenwalder Demographic Metropolitan Area 65.3 km² Elector 25,481 | Created 2006 Electors 25,481 (2014) Founded 2006 Member of parliament Lee Odenwalder Namesake Little Para River | |
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Party Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch) | ||
Little Para is an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the north of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia, covering the suburbs of Elizabeth, Elizabeth Grove, Elizabeth North, Elizabeth East, Elizabeth Park, Elizabeth South, Elizabeth Vale, Gould Creek, Hillbank, Salisbury Heights and Salisbury Park, and parts of Craigmore, Golden Grove and Greenwith.
The name Little Para comes from the river that is located 20 km north of Adelaide, South Australia which passes through a number of suburbs within the electorate. The Little Para River was discovered by B. T. Finniss in 1837. Para is an Aboriginal term for 'a stream of water.'
Renamed Little Para at the 2006 state election, the electorate was formerly called Elizabeth after Queen Elizabeth II and was originally drawn around the City of Elizabeth (now part of the City of Playford). The 1998 and 2002 redistributions made considerable changes, moving the focus further east. The seat covers an area of approximately 65.3 km².
Little Para is mostly working class, with some middle class suburbs on its eastern edges. All but the western end on the plains is in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills.
Little Para will be renamed back to Elizabeth for the 2018 state election.