ALP 16.8%
Incumbent MP
Susan Close, since 2012.
Northern Adelaide. The electorate covers the suburbs of Birkenhead, Cavan, Dry Creek, Ethelton, Gillman, Largs North, North Haven, Osborne, Ottoway, Outer Harbor, Peterhead, Taperoo, Wingfield and parts of Bolivar, Gepps Cross, Globe Derby Park, Largs Bay, Pooraka and Rosewater. The electorate covers parts of Port Adelaide Enfield and Salisbury council areas.
Redistribution
Port Adelaide contracted, losing Gepps Cross to Enfield and losing Bolivar to Taylor.
The name ‘Port Adelaide’ has been used by three incarnations of an electorate in the area. The first was a two-member electorate that existed from 1857 to 1887. The second was a Labor seat from 1938 until 1970.
The current electorate has existed since 2002, replacing the electorate of Hart that existed from 1993 to 2002. The seat has been held by two successive Labor MPs.
Hart was won in 1993 by Kevin Foley. Foley was re-elected in Hart in 1997, and in 2002 moved to Port Adelaide.
Foley was elected deputy leader of the ALP after the 2002 election, and thus became Deputy Premier in the Rann government.
Foley served as Deputy Premier and Treasurer until early 2011, when he stepped down from those roles. He resigned from Cabinet entirely in October 2011, and then resigned from Parliament in December 2011.
Labor candidate Susan Close won the 2012 by-election, and has been re-elected twice.
- Chad McLaren (Liberal)
- Jim Moss (Greens)
- Adrian Romeo (Animal Justice)
- Lucia Snelling (Family First)
- Susan Close (Labor)
Assessment
Port Adelaide is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Susan Close | Labor | 11,396 | 47.9 | -3.1 | 47.9 |
| Chad Mclaren | Liberal | 4,432 | 18.6 | -9.2 | 18.6 |
| Gary Johanson | SA-Best | 4,419 | 18.6 | +18.6 | 18.5 |
| Danica Moors | Greens | 1,400 | 5.9 | -4.0 | 5.9 |
| Nicholas Hancock | Animal Justice | 930 | 3.9 | +3.9 | 3.9 |
| Bryan Tingey | Dignity | 568 | 2.4 | +2.4 | 2.4 |
| Bruce Hambour | Australian Christians | 495 | 2.1 | -3.7 | 2.1 |
| Peter Matthews | Danig | 163 | 0.7 | +0.7 | 0.7 |
| Informal | 1,462 | 5.8 |
2018 two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Susan Close | Labor | 14,550 | 61.1 | -2.9 |
| Gary Johanson | SA-Best | 9,253 | 38.9 | +38.9 |
2018 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Susan Close | Labor | 15,895 | 66.8 | +2.8 | 66.8 |
| Chad Mclaren | Liberal | 7,908 | 33.2 | -2.8 | 33.2 |
Booths in Hurtle Vale have been divided into two areas: north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in both areas, with 65.9% in the north and 69.5% in the south.
| Voter group | SAB prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 17.6 | 69.5 | 10,060 | 43.0 |
| North | 18.5 | 65.9 | 7,066 | 30.2 |
| Other votes | 20.1 | 63.6 | 6,250 | 26.7 |
Election results in Port Adelaide at the 2018 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and SA-Best.
I wondered if Jack Snelling would put himself as a candidate like Tom Kenyon for FFP. Not to worry, Port Adelaide gets the better half in his wife, Lucia Snelling, running here!
Liberals are preferencing Greens over Labor here. Very remote chance of a Labor vs Greens runoff if they can pick up a decent chunk of the SA Best votes and it’s a bad election for the Liberals.
But all trivia in a seat Labor will win easily.