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Division of Mayo

Mayo
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Mayo in South Australia, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created 1984
MP Rebekha Sharkie
Party Nick Xenophon Team
Namesake Helen Mayo
Electors 103,967 (2016)
Area 9,315 km2 (3,596.5 sq mi)
Demographic Rural

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east, south, south-east and south-west of Adelaide, South Australia. Established in the South Australian redistribution of 3 September 1984, the division is named after Helen Mayo, a social activist and the first woman elected to an Australian University Council. The 9,315 km² seat covers an area from Springton in the North to Goolwa in the South. It takes in the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, including the towns of Bridgewater, Crafers, Echunga, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Kingscote, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Mount Barker, Myponga, Oakbank, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Woodside, Yankalilla, and part of Birdwood.


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