LIB 9.2%
Incumbent MP
David Pisoni, since 2006.
Geography
Inner-southern Adelaide. Unley covers suburbs immediately south of the Adelaide city centre, including Eastwood, Frewville, Fullarton, Glenunga, Highgate, Hyde Park, Kings Park, Malvern, Myrtle Bank, Parkside, Unley, Unley Park and parts of Glen Osmond, Goodwood, Millswood and Wayville. Most of the electorate lies within the City of Unley.
Redistribution
Unley expanded to the west, gaining the remainder of Kings Park and Goodwood from Ashford. These changes reduced the Liberal margin from 9.8% to 9.2%.
History
The electorate of Unley has existed since the 1938 election. The seat was held by the Liberal and Country League from 1941 to 1962, the ALP from 1962 to 1993, and the Liberal Party since 1993.
Mark Brindal won Unley in 1993. He had first won the electorate of Hayward in 1989, one term before it was abolished.
Unley shifted through the 1990s towards the Liberal Party, and Brindal held the seat by a solid margin. Brindal served as a minister during his second term from 1997 to 2002, and retired in 2006.
Unley was won in 2006 by the Liberal Party’s David Pisoni. Pisoni was re-elected in 2010 and 2014.
Candidates
- David Pisoni (Liberal)
- Geoff Phillips (Labor)
- John Wishart (Greens)
- Anthony Olivier (SA Best)
- Dario Centrella (Stop Population Growth Now)
- Anne Watkins (Dignity)
Assessment
Unley is a reasonably safe Liberal seat.
2014 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 12,312 | 55.8 | -0.7 | 54.3 |
| Lara Golding | Labor | 6,429 | 29.1 | +0.9 | 30.3 |
| Nikki Mortier | Greens | 2,481 | 11.2 | -2.2 | 11.6 |
| Joanne Blesing | Dignity for Disability | 854 | 3.9 | +3.9 | 3.5 |
| Family First | 0.2 | ||||
| FREE Australia | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 409 | 1.8 |
2014 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| David Pisoni | Liberal | 13,195 | 59.8 | -2.2 | 59.2 |
| Lara Golding | Labor | 8,881 | 40.2 | +2.2 | 40.8 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Unley have been divided into three areas: central, east and west.
The Liberal Party won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in two out of three areas, with 60.8% in the east and 61.1% in the centre. Labor won 52.8% in the west.
The Greens vote ranged from 9.6% in the centre to 14.8% in the west.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | LIB 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 9.6 | 61.1 | 7,261 | 29.7 |
| East | 11.5 | 60.8 | 6,842 | 27.9 |
| West | 14.8 | 47.2 | 4,510 | 18.4 |
| Other votes | 11.9 | 60.3 | 5,872 | 24.0 |
Election results in Unley at the 2014 SA state election
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According to his Facebook page, Keiran Snape has quit as the Greens candidate for Unley, and has been replaced by John Wishart.
My prediction: Liberal hold.