Electoral district of Semaphore

{{Short description|Former South Australian electoral district}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate

|name = Semaphore

|state = sa

|image =

|caption =

|created = 1938

|abolished= 1993

|mp =

|mp-party =

|namesake = Semaphore, South Australia

|area =

|class = Metropolitan

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Semaphore was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1938 to 1993.{{cite web

|url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|title=Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007

|publisher=Parliament of South Australia

|access-date=19 January 2014

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf

|archive-date=11 March 2019

|url-status=dead

}}

Semaphore was abolished in a boundary redistribution in 1993 and became the new seat of Hart.

The suburb of Semaphore is currently located in the marginal Labor seat of Lee.

Members

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colspan=2|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Albert Thompson

| Labor

| 1938–1946

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Harold Tapping

| Labor

| 1946–1964

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Reg Hurst

| Labor

| 1964–1973

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Jack Olson

| Labor

| 1973–1979

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Norm Peterson

| Independent

| 1979–1993

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Semaphore}}

References

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