Electoral district of Little Para

2006 State Election
First preference
Party		%
	Australian Labor Party	55. Party backgrounds Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party founded in 1891 7%
	Liberal Party of Australia	24. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 9%
	Family First Party	8. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 8%
	SA Greens	4. Greens South Australia is a Green Party located in South Australia, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party 6%
	Rita Hunt	3. 6%
	Australian Democrats	2. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 4%
Two Party Preferred
	Australian Labor Party	66. Instant-runoff voting ( IRV) is a Voting system used for single-winner elections in which voters have one vote and rank Candidates in order of 7%
	Liberal Party of Australia	33. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 3%
Swing from 2002
	Australian Labor Party	+9. Post-election Pendulum Legislative Council Results See also South Australian legislative elections 5%

Little Para is an electorate for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia. The House of Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country

The name Little Para comes from the river that is located 20km North of Adelaide, South Australia which passes through a number of suburbs within the electorate. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country The Little Para River was discovered by B. The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide plains whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s T. Finniss in 1837. Para is an Aboriginal term for 'a stream of water. '

The electorate was formerly called Elizabeth after Queen Elizabeth II and was originally drawn around the City of Elizabeth (now part of the City of Playford). For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The City of Playford is a Local Government Area of South Australia, located in Adelaide 's northern suburbs The 1998 and 2002 redistributions made considerable changes, moving the focus further east. It now includes the residential suburbs of Elizabeth Vale, Elizabeth Grove, Hillbank, Salisbury Park, Surrey Downs, Fairview Park, Yatala Vale and Upper Hermitage and parts of Salisbury Heights, Greenwith and Golden Grove as well as the semi-rural Gould Creek and covers an area of approximately 64 km². Elizabeth Vale is a suburb in the northern extent of Adelaide, South Australia. Hillbank is a suburb of the City of Playford, it is a residential suburb Surrey Downs Fairview Park is a suburb of Adelaide, Australia, located within the City of Tea Tree Gully. Yatala Vale is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Upper Hermitage is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Greenwith is an outer-north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, and is within the City of Tea Tree Gully local government Gould Creek is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Little Para is mostly working class, with some middle class suburbs on its eastern edges. All but the western end on the plains is in the foothills of the Adelaide Hills. The Adelaide Plains ( is the area in South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east and Gulf Saint Vincent on the west The Adelaide Hills are part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, east of the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.

The district was created in 1969 as the district of Elizabeth, and renamed to Little Para in the 2003 redistribution, to be first contested under that name in 2006. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Members for Elizabeth and Little Para

Member	Party	Term
John Clark	Australian Labor Party	1970—1973
Peter Duncan	Australian Labor Party	1973—1984
Martyn Evans	Independent	1984—1993
Martyn Evans	Australian Labor Party	1993—1994
Lea Stevens	Australian Labor Party	1994—present

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Electoral districts of South Australia

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