2024 South Australian First Nations Voice election
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The 2024 South Australian First Nations Voice election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect the First Nations Voice to Parliament, an advisory body for Indigenous Australians in the Parliament of South Australia.[1] The body was established by legislation and is not enshrined in the constitution of South Australia.[2] Dale Agius is the South Australian First Nations Voice Commissioner, who is in charge of the process to create the new body.[2]
There are six electoral constituencies, and unlike state and federal elections, voting is not compulsory. Around 14,000 Aboriginal people live in Adelaide, and between 3,000 to 4,000 in each of five regional constituencies. There will be 11 representatives for the central Adelaide Voice, and seven for each regional Voice, making a total of 46.[2]
Candidate nominations opened on 22 January 2024.[3] By 1 March 2024, 113 people had nominated to stand as candidates, with over a third from Adelaide.[2] Vote counting will begin on the 25 of March to allow for postal votes to be sent in.[1]
Turnout was reported to be low with less than 10% voting.[4][5][6]
Background
After the election of a state Labor government in 2022, new Premier Peter Malinauskas pledged to implement this state-based Voice to Parliament.[7]
The bill passed in a special Sunday sitting of parliament on 26 March 2023 and was given royal assent immediately afterwards.[8][9]
Implementation of the SA Voice was delayed for six months owing to possible confusion introduced by the debate about the national referendum on a national Voice in October.[10] Elections for the SA body are scheduled to take place in March 2024.[11]
After the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum in which over 60% of South Australians voted against the Voice, state Liberal leader David Speirs cast some doubt on the state voice. One Nation MP Sarah Game announced plans to introduce a bill calling for the First Nations Voice Act 2023 to be repealed.[12]
Results
Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 95 | ||||
| Independent | Moogy Sumner (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Susan Dixon (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Douglas Clinch (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Robert Leidig (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Tony Wayne Minniecon (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Scott Wilson (elected) | ||||
| Independent | April Lawrie (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Tahlia Wanganeen (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Deb Moyle (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Rosalind Coleman (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Cheryl Axleby (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Sonia Waters | ||||
| Independent | Marnie O'Meara | ||||
| Independent | Chris Rigney-Thyer | ||||
| Independent | Cheryl Lynn Saunders | ||||
| Independent | Yvonne Agius | ||||
| Independent | Jakirah Telfer | ||||
| Independent | Khatija Thomas | ||||
| Independent | Isaiah Rigney | ||||
| Independent | Patricia Waria-Read | ||||
| Independent | Cheryl Cairns | ||||
| Independent | Stacey Bates | ||||
| Independent | Kim O'Donnell | ||||
| Independent | Phillip Sumner-Graham | ||||
| Independent | John Lochowiak | ||||
| Independent | Kimberley Wanganeen | ||||
| Independent | John Carbine | ||||
| Independent | Sandy Miller | ||||
| Independent | Debra Rose Axleby | ||||
| Independent | Jane Nelson | ||||
| Independent | Naomi Marie Hicks | ||||
| Independent | Raymond Sumner | ||||
| Independent | Anna Schkabaryn | ||||
| Independent | Evelyn Varcoe | ||||
| Independent | Jennifer Caruso | ||||
| Independent | Sherrell Dyer (Bonney-Williams) | ||||
| Independent | Gloria Fernandes | ||||
| Independent | Courtney Hunter-Hebberman | ||||
| Independent | Kylie O'Loughlin | ||||
| Independent | Harold Stewart | ||||
| Independent | Michael S. Turner | ||||
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| Informal votes | |||||
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Far North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 38 | ||||
| Independent | Mark Campbell (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Melissa Thompson (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Johnathon Lyons (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Dharma Ducasse-Singer (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Dawn Brown (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Christopher Dodd (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Donald Fraser (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Dean Robin Walker | ||||
| Independent | Ian Crombie | ||||
| Independent | Anna Strzelecki | ||||
| Independent | Jonathon Fatt-Clifton | ||||
| Independent | Sandra Taylor | ||||
| Independent | Sharon E. Ah Chee | ||||
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| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Flinders and Upper North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 48 | ||||
| Independent | Charles Jackson (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Lavene Ngatokorua (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Rob Singleton (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Ralph Coulthard (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Kerri Coulthard (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Candace Champion (elected) | ||||
| Independent | T.J. Thomas (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Darcy Coulthard | ||||
| Independent | Garry Victor Burgoyne | ||||
| Independent | John Reid | ||||
| Independent | Tataka Stella Newland | ||||
| Independent | Dawn Likouresis | ||||
| Independent | Janette Milera | ||||
| Total formal votes | |||||
| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
Riverland and South East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 36 | ||||
| Independent | Danni Smith (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Eunice Aston (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Sheryl Giles (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Rob Wright (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Tim Hartman (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Darryle Barnes (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Lisa Rigney (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Michael Harris | ||||
| Independent | Dan Mitchell-Matthews | ||||
| Independent | Lauren Letton | ||||
| Independent | Cheryle Saunders | ||||
| Independent | Freda Mills | ||||
| Independent | David Paul Crompton | ||||
| Independent | Christine Abdulla | ||||
| Total formal votes | |||||
| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
West and West Coast
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 46 | ||||
| Independent | Jack Johncock (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Lorraine Haseldine (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Cecelia Cox (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Duane Edwards (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Rebecca Miller (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Leeroy Bilney (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Keenan Smith (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Dora Queama | ||||
| Independent | Cameron Bridley | ||||
| Independent | Robert Larking | ||||
| Independent | Lorraine Garay | ||||
| Independent | Rob Walsh | ||||
| Independent | Shania Richards | ||||
| Independent | Mark Young | ||||
| Independent | Roslyn Peters | ||||
| Independent | Robert Miller | ||||
| Independent | Fiona May | ||||
| Independent | Denise Baker | ||||
| Independent | Evelyn Walker | ||||
| Total formal votes | |||||
| Informal votes | |||||
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Yorke and Mid-North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 17 | ||||
| Independent | Raymond Wanganeen (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Doug Milera (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Joy Makepeace (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Kaylene O'Loughlin (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Denise Wanganeen (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Quentin Agius (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Newchurch (elected) | ||||
| Independent | Robert Rigney | ||||
| Independent | Lorraine Karpany | ||||
| Independent | Mathew Brice | ||||
| Independent | Rex Angie | ||||
| Independent | Ken Tilbrook | ||||
| Independent | Josh Jenner | ||||
| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
References
- ^ a b "About the Voice". 2024 South Australian First Nations Voice election.
- ^ a b c d Richards, Stephanie (2 March 2024). "SA First Nations Voice to give Aboriginal people 'a seat at the table', commissioner says". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "2024 South Australian First Nations Voice Election". Electoral Commission SA.
- ^ "SA Voice voter turnout low, but successful candidate urges 'give us a chance'". ABC News. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Van Der Heyden, Monique (28 March 2024). "Voice falls flat: More than 90 per cent of eligible voters rebuff SA Voice to Parliament". Sky News. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/30000-eligible-voters-but-just-2583-formal-ballots-cast-for-sa-voice-to-parliament/news-story/4e833c6ed888c7887e587022cf363363
- ^ Smith, Douglas (23 March 2022). "What SA's new govt wants to achieve in Aboriginal affairs". NITV. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ McClaren, Rory; Pestrin, Stacey (26 March 2023). "SA becomes first Australian jurisdiction to create First Nations Voice to Parliament as historic bill passes". ABC News.
- ^ "Cheers and joy as South Australia becomes first state to legislate Indigenous voice to parliament". SBS News. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ Coorey, Phillip (29 June 2023). "Voice to parliament: South Australia loses its Voice for six months to avoid confusion". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Richards, Stephanie (29 June 2023). "South Australian government pushes back state Voice to Parliament elections by six months". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Staszewska, Ewa (15 October 2023). "This state had the second-highest No vote, so why is it introducing its own Voice?". SBS News.