Morphett – SA 2026

LIB 4.5%

Incumbent MP
Stephen Patterson, since 2018.

• Geography
• Redistribution
• History
• Candidates
• Assessment
• 2022 results
• Booth breakdown
• Results maps

Geography
Western Adelaide. Morphett covers the entire Glenelg area, as well as Camden Park, Glengowrie, Park Holme and Novar Gardens.

Redistribution
No change.

History
The electorate of Morphett has existed since the 1977 election. The seat was won at that first election by the ALP, but has been won by the Liberal Party at every election since 1979.

Terrence Groom held the seat from 1977 to 1979, and was succeeded by the Liberal Party’s John Oswald.

Oswald held the seat for over twenty years. He served as a minister in the mid-1990s, and then as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1997 to 2002, when he retired.

Duncan McFetridge has held Morphett since the 2002 election. McFetridge served on the Liberal frontbench until January 2017. McFetridge lost Liberal preselection in May 2017, and subsequently resigned from the Liberal Party to sit as an independent.

McFetridge came third at the 2018 election, with Liberal candidate Stephen Patterson winning the seat. Patterson was re-elected in 2022.

Candidates

• Isabella Litt (Greens)
• Stephen Patterson (Liberal)
• Toby Priest (Labor)

Assessment
Morphett is a very marginal seat and the ALP would be hoping to gain this seat.

2022 result

2022 two-party-preferred result

Booth breakdown

Booths have been divided into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.

The Liberal Party won the two-party-preferred vote in two areas, with 52% in the north and 57.7% in the south-west. Labor polled 50.7% in the south-east.

The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 12.8% in the south-west to 14.3% in the south-east.

Election results in Morphett at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor and the Greens.

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