Electoral district of Ramsay Totally Explained

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Ramsay is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Alexander Ramsay (1914-1978), who was General Manager of the South Australian Housing Trust for 25 years and devoted to the improvement of South Australian life. It is a 24.4km² suburban electorate north of Adelaide - based on the angle between Main North Road and the Port Wakefield Road, Ramsay covers the outer northern Adelaide suburbs of Salisbury, Brahma Lodge, Salisbury Downs and Salisbury Plains as well as parts of Paralowie, Salisbury North and Parafield Gardens. The last redistribution saw Ramsay lose Mawson Lakes to Port Adelaide. Both representatives of the electorate have served as premier, including the current premier, Mike Rann. It is considered quite safe Labor, with Mike Rann winning over 60% of first preference votes in the 2002 election.

2006 South Australian state election
Registered Voters		22,028		Very Safe Labor
Votes Cast		20,144		Turnout %	91.4	-1.9
Informal Votes		917		Informal %	4.6	+1.2
Party		Candidate	Primary Votes	Vote %	Swing %
	Australian Democrats	Chris Calvert	693	3.6	-3.4
	Independent	Colin Wuttke	324	1.7	+1.7
	Australian Labor Party	Mike Rann	13,753	71.5	+9.9	Elected
	SA Greens	David Nicks	938	4.9	+4.9
	Liberal Party of Australia	Damien Pilkington	3,519	18.3	-5.1
	SA First				-4.4
	One Nation Party				-3.5
Two Candidate Preferred
	Australian Labor Party	Mike Rann	15,088	78.5	+8.3	Elected
	Liberal Party of Australia	Damien Pilkington	4,139	21.5	-8.3
Total			19,227

Members for Ramsay

Member	Party	Term
Lynn Arnold	Australian Labor Party	1985—1993
Mike Rann	Australian Labor Party	1993—present

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