Electoral district of Playford

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Playford
South Australia—House of Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2022 state election[a]
StateSouth Australia
Created1970
MPJohn Fulbrook
PartyLabor
NamesakeThomas Playford IV
Electors26,897 (2026)
Area17.0 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates34°47′24″S 138°36′58″E / 34.79000°S 138.61611°E / -34.79000; 138.61611
Electorates around Playford:
Taylor Ramsay Ramsay
Taylor Playford Florey
Port Adelaide Florey Florey
Footnotes
  1. The electorate will have no change in boundaries at the 2026 state election.[1]

Playford is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the long serving South Australian premier Tom Playford, it is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's north, taking in the suburbs of Green Fields, Parafield Gardens, Salisbury Downs and parts of Mawson Lakes and Paralowie.

History

Playford was created 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 Australian Senate, with the seat won by Labor candidate Jack Snelling who remained as the member for 21 years until his retirement in 2018.

Members for Playford

Member Party Term
  Terry McRae Labor 1970–1989
  John Quirke Labor 1989–1997
  Jack Snelling Labor 1997–2018
  Michael Brown Labor 2018–2022
  John Fulbrook Labor 2022–present

Election results

2026 South Australian state election: Playford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fulbrook 11,209 50.8 −2.7
One Nation Nickolas Tsentidis 5,343 24.2 +24.2
Greens David Wright 1,988 9.0 −0.5
Liberal Christopher Jones 1,760 8.0 −16.7
Family First Antonio Rangel 765 3.5 −4.5
Legalise Cannabis Trent Oehme 526 2.4 +2.4
Australian Family Richard Bunting 247 1.1 +1.1
United Voice Grace Bawden 206 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 22,044 94.7 −1.0
Informal votes 1,238 5.3 +1.0
Turnout 23,282 86.6 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Fulbrook 14,809 67.2 +0.9
One Nation Nickolas Tsentidis 7,239 32.8 +32.8
Labor hold  

Notes

  1. "2024 EDBC Final Report Appendices". South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  2. "Playford - SA Election 2026". ABC News.

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