Wakefield is a seat on the northern fringe of Adelaide, covering the suburbs of Elizabeth and Gawler and rural areas as far north as Clare. The seat has only been won by the ALP three times, and had been held by the Liberal Party continuously from 1946 until the ALP’s Nick Champion won it in 2007. The seat underwent a redistribution in 2004 which moved it into more urban areas on the northern side of Adelaide. The seat is held by the ALP by a 6.6% margin.
Seat profile #68: Wakefield
– March 4, 2010
