ALP 16.3%
Incumbent MP
John Fulbrook, since 2022.
Geography
Northern Adelaide. Playford covers the suburbs of Greenfields, Parafield Gardens, Paralowie and Salisbury Gardens.
History
The electorate of Playford has existed since 1970, and has always been held by the ALP.
Terence McRae won Playford in 1970. He served as Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1982 to 1986, and retired in 1989.
John Quirke, also of the ALP, won Playford in 1989. Quirke was re-elected in 1993, and retired at the 1997 election to take up a seat as a Senator. He served in the Senate until 2000.
Jack Snelling won Playford in 1997. Snelling served as Speaker from 2006 to 2010, and then served as a minister from 2010 until 2017.
Snelling retired in 2018, and was succeeded by Labor candidate Michael Brown. A redistribution prior to the 2022 election significantly changed Playford, and Michael Brown switched successfully to the neighbouring seat of Florey. Labor candidate John Fulbrook won Playford.
- John Fulbrook (Labor)
- Grace Bawden (United Voice)
- Richard Bunting (Family Party)
- David Wright (Greens)
- Antonio Rangel (Family First)
- Christopher Jones (Liberal)
- Nickolas Tsentidis (One Nation)
- Trent Oehme (Legalise Cannabis)
Assessment
Playford is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| John Fulbrook | Labor | 11,922 | 53.5 | +3.1 |
| Hemant Dave | Liberal | 5,511 | 24.7 | +6.8 |
| David Wright | Greens | 2,118 | 9.5 | +4.6 |
| Rojan Jose | Family First | 1,773 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Shane Quinn | Independent | 973 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| Informal | 1,011 | 4.3 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| John Fulbrook | Labor | 14,777 | 66.3 | -2.7 |
| Hemant Dave | Liberal | 7,520 | 33.7 | +2.7 |
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 66.5% in the south to 68.4% in the north.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.3% in the centre to 10.6% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 10.6 | 66.5 | 5,954 | 26.7 |
| Central | 9.3 | 67.4 | 4,051 | 18.2 |
| North | 10.2 | 68.4 | 3,631 | 16.3 |
| Other votes | 8.6 | 64.7 | 8,661 | 38.8 |
Election results in Playford at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Labor vote held up much better here eventhough it is part of the Industrial northern belt as it much more diverse almost 40% speaking another language at home. The % of Muslims is around 9% double what it the % in Elizabeth so greater ethnic diversity miimises the ONP vote. I think this seat may become majority CALD in two election cycles.
I wonder how would ON perform in Victoria’s November Election? On paper, many in the comments say ON could do better since Jacinta Allan is unpopular however Victoria has a significantly higher percentage of non-white CALD and votes more progressively on issues like the Voice (54% No for VIC vs 64% No for SA) which might potentially cancel out ON advantages for Victoria.
@ Marh
Thats why i feel it will be limited to areas like Sunbury, Melton, Hastings etc certainly not Tarneit, St Albans or the Muslim heavy eastern half of Greenvale.