Hanson was an

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of the

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in the Australian state of

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from 1970 to 2002. The district was based in the western suburbs of

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. First won at the 1970 election by the

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on a

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margin of just 0.4 percent, it bounced between a marginal to safe Liberal seat, held by

Heini Becker Heinrich Thomas "Heini" Becker (born 18 January 1935) is a former South Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Hanson from 1970 to 1993 and Peake from 1993 to 1997 for the Liberal Party. He was ...

, until it was transformed into a marginal Labor seat by the redistribution ahead of the 1993 election, but was retained by Liberal Stewart Leggett before being won by Labor for the first time at the 1997 election as a marginal Labor seat represented by Steph Key. Hanson was abolished and renamed to Ashford ahead of the 2002 election which Labor and Key have retained since.

Members for Hanson

Election results

External links

1985 & 1989 election boundaries, page 18 & 19
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanson Former electoral districts of South Australia 1970 establishments in Australia 1997 disestablishments in Australia