LIB 5.1%
Incumbent MP
Adrian Pederick, since 2006.
Geography
Regional South Australia. Hammond covers areas to the south-east of Adelaide centred on Murray Bridge, and also including Monarto, Mypolonga, Strathalbyn, Wellington, Palmer, Tungkillo, Mannum and Harrogate.
History
The electorate of Hammond has existed since the 1997 election. The seat has been won by the Liberal Party at all but one election, with an ex-Liberal independent winning the seat in 2002.
Peter Lewis won Hammond for the Liberal Party in 1997. He had held a seat in the Hammond area under the names of Mallee, Murray-Mallee and Ridley from 1979 to 1997.
Peter Lewis was expelled from the Liberal Party in 2000, and moved to the crossbenches as an independent MP.
Lewis was re-elected as an independent in 2002, and was placed in the balance of power with the power to decide which party would form government. Lewis shocked most observers by supporting Labor leader Mike Rann to form a Labor government. Lewis was elected as Speaker of the House of Assembly.
Lewis resigned as Speaker at the 2005 election, and in 2006 chose to contest the Legislative Council election rather than Hammond, and lost his bid for election.
Adrian Pederick regained Hammond for the Liberal Party at the 2006 election, and has been re-elected four times.
- Simone Bailey (Labor)
- Ruby Eckermann (Animal Justice)
- Lucas Hope (Independent)
- Airlie Keen (Independent)
- Adrian Pederick (Liberal)
- Robert Roylance (One Nation)
Assessment
Hammond is a marginal Liberal seat, and the party could be in real trouble in 2026.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Pederick | Liberal | 9,130 | 40.5 | -9.0 |
| Belinda Owens | Labor | 5,244 | 23.3 | +6.2 |
| Airlie Keen | Independent | 3,550 | 15.7 | +15.7 |
| Tonya Scott | One Nation | 1,548 | 6.9 | +6.9 |
| Timothy White | Greens | 1,377 | 6.1 | +0.5 |
| Cameron Lock | Family First | 979 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
| John Illingworth | Nationals | 720 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Informal | 985 | 4.2 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Adrian Pederick | Liberal | 12,431 | 55.1 | -11.7 |
| Belinda Owens | Labor | 10,117 | 44.9 | +11.7 |
Booths have been divided into four parts: Murray Bridge, east, north and west.
The Liberal Party won the two-party-preferred vote in all four areas, ranging from 51.9% in Murray Bridge to 63.3% in the west.
Independent candidate Airlie Keen came third, with a primary vote ranging from 13.4% in Murray Bridge to 23.1% in the east.
| Voter group | IND prim | LIB 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Murray Bridge | 13.4 | 51.9 | 5,198 | 23.1 |
| East | 23.1 | 54.4 | 4,668 | 20.7 |
| North | 15.3 | 54.9 | 2,197 | 9.7 |
| West | 17.5 | 63.3 | 515 | 2.3 |
| Other votes | 13.6 | 56.8 | 9,970 | 44.2 |
Election results in Hammond at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor and independent candidate Airlie Keen.
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Mid-Murray Mayor Simone Bailey has been selected as the Labor candidate. Can’t see them winning the seat, but might make things interesting if Labor and Keen get Pederick’s primary vote under 40%.
Is Airlie Keen running again here? I haven’t heard any news but would definitely make the race more interesting.
Yep, Airlie Keen is going to run again. Currently Murray Bridge Council Deputy Mayor, she announced her candidacy on 31 July.
Labor gain. Bailey being a popular local rep in the more rural/lib voting precincts will only aid the expected gains in Murray Bridge. With a completive margin, swing on, and classic lib self-destruction – the tea leaves are there