Hammond – SA 2014

LIB 17.7%

Incumbent MP
Adrian Pederick, since 2006.

Geography
Regional South Australia. Hammond covers areas to the south-east of Adelaide, along the Murray River including Karoonda, Karte, Mantung, Mindarie, Monarto, Murray Bridge, Mypolonga, Pinnaroo, Purnong, Strathalbyn, Tailem Bend, Wanbi and Wellington.

Redistribution
Hammond lost the balance of Karoonda East Murray and Southern Mallee council areas to Chaffey. The Liberal margin was cut from 19% to 17.7%.

History
The electorate of Hammond has existed since the 1997 election. The seat has been won by the Liberal Party at three out of four elections, with an ex-Liberal independent winning the seat in 2002.

Peter Lewis won Hammond for the Liberal Party in 1997. He had held a seat in the Hammond area under the names of Mallee, Murray-Mallee and Ridley from 1979 to 1997.

Peter Lewis was expelled from the Liberal Party in 2000, and moved to the crossbenches as an independent MP.

Lewis was re-elected as an independent in 2002, and was placed in the balance of power with the power to decide which party would form government. Lewis shocked most observers by supporting Labor leader Mike Rann to form a Labor government. Lewis was elected as Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Lewis resigned as Speaker at the 2005 election, and in 2006 chose to contest the Legislative Council election rather than Hammond, and lost his bid for election.

Adrian Pederick regained Hammond for the Liberal Party at the 2006 election, and was re-elected in 2010.

Candidates
Sitting Liberal MP Adrian Pederick is running for re-election. The ALP is running Lou Bailey. The Nationals are running Rachel Titley. The Greens are running Damien Pyne. Family First are running Daniel Gutteridge.

• Lou Bailey (Labor)
• Rachel Titley (NAT)
• Damien Pyne (Greens)
• Daniel Gutteridge (Family First)
• Adrian Pederick (Liberal)

Assessment
Hammond is a very safe Liberal seat.

2010 result

2010 two-party-preferred result

Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into four parts. A majority of the electorate’s population lies in the town of Murray Bridge. The rest of the seat has been split into those booths to the east, north and west of Murray Bridge.

The Liberal Party won large majorities in all four areas, ranging from 66.6% in the west to 70.9% in the north.

Family First came third in the electorate, including in Murray Bridge and the east. The Greens came fourth, but managed to overtake Family First in the west and north.