 the division of kingston is an australian electoral division in south australia covering the far-south portion of the adelaide metropolitan area. the 171 kmÂ² seat stretches from hallett cove and o'halloran hill in the north to sellicks beach in the south, including the suburbs of aldinga beach, christie downs, christies beach, hackham, hallett cove, huntfield heights, lonsdale, maslin beach, moana, morphett vale, old noarlunga, onkaparinga hills, port noarlunga, reynella, seaford, sellicks beach, sheidow park, port willunga, trott park, woodcroft, and parts of happy valley and mclaren flat. the division was first proclaimed in 1949 and is named after charles kingston, premier of south australia (1893â1899), elected to the first house of representatives in 1901 and the first federal member of the division of adelaide in 1903. the liberals and labor have both alternated for long spells in the seat. it has tended to elect an mp from the governing party of the day, having elected only four opposition mps. notably, every sitting member in the electorate's history has been defeated at the pollsânone have retired or resigned. the redistribution before the 2013 election removed kingston's rural areas with the transfer of around 6,500 vot
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