The division was first created for the 1949 election as a notionally fairly safe Labor seat , and is named after Charles Kingston , Premier of South Australia ( 1893 -- 1899 ) , elected to the first House of Representatives in 1901 and the first Federal member of the Division of Adelaide in 1903 .
It was set up in 1949 and is named after Charles Kingston , Premier of South Australia ( 1893 -- 1899 ) . He was elected to the first House of Representatives in 1901 and the first Federal member of the Division of Adelaide in 1903 .