Playford is a single-member

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for the

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. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a 22.7 km² suburban electorate in

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's north, taking in the suburbs of

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, Para Hills, Para Hills West, Parafield and

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. Playford was created as a safe

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seat and was first contested at the 1970 election (when Tom Playford was still alive), where it was won by Labor candidate Terry McRae. At the 1989 election, McRae resigned from politics, with the seat won by Labor candidate John Quirke. Though typically a safe Labor seat, the seat technically became marginal, reduced to just a 2.7 percent two-party margin at the 1993 election landslide. At the 1997 election, Quirke resigned to enter the

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, with the seat won by Labor candidate

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Members for Playford

Election results

Notes

References

ECSA profile for Playford: 2018

ABC profile for Playford: 2018

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