Heysen - Electoral Commission SA

2026–2030 electoral district map

2022 Electoral District of Heysen (PDF - 4,087 KB)

Features of the district

Location

Heysen is an outer metropolitan Hills seat to the south-east of Adelaide which includes both residential Adelaide Hills suburbs in its west and orchard and farming areas in its centre, eastern and southernmost areas.

Area

Approximately 927.6 sqkm

Localities

Heysen incorporates the localities of Aldgate, Ashbourne, Ashton, Balhannah, Basket Range, Biggs Flat, Blackfellows Creek, Blewitt Springs, Bradbury, Bridgewater, Bull Creek, Carey Gully, Castambul, Chapel Hill, Cherry Gardens, Cherryville, Clarendon, Coromandel East, Crafers, Crafers West, Dingabledinga, Dorset Vale, Echunga, Flaxley, Forest Ragne, Green Hills Range, Hahndorf, Healthfield, Hope Forest, Ironbank, Jupiter Creek, Kangarilla, Kuitpo, Kuitpo Colony, Kyeema, Lenswood, Longwood, Macclesfield, Marble Hill, McHarg Creek, Meadows, Montarra Mount George, Mount Magnificient, Mylor, Norton Summit, Oakbank, Paechtown, Paris Creek, Piccadilly, Prospect Hill, Scott Creek, Stirling, Summertown, The Range, Uraildla, Verdun, Willunga Hill, and Yundi. It also includes parts of the localities of Montacute and Upper Sturt.

History

The district of Heysen has had 2 incarnations. Created at the 1969 redistribution, the district was abolished at the next redistribution in 1976. It was then revived again in 1983 and has been contested and represented continuously since 1985.

Origin of the name

The district is named after Sir Hans Heysen OBE (1877–1968), the prominent South Australian landscape artist. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Heysen migrated to South Australia in 1884 at the age of seven. Heysen became a well-known painter of Australian landscapes, winning the Wynne Prize for landscape painting a record nine times. Heysen made his home in Hahndorf, which, following the 2020 redistribution, once again forms part of the Heysen electoral district.

Key boundary changes following the 2024 redistribution

Heysen gains the localities of Balhannah, Forest Range, Lenswood, and Oakbank.

For full details see the 2024 Report of the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission (PDF, 3.0MB)

Representation and results

Members since first represented in 1970 (lapsed 1977–1985)
Member	Affiliation	Period
William P. McAnaney	LCL/LIB	1970–1975
David C. Wotton	LIB	1975–1977
David C. Wotton	LIB	1985–2002
Isobel M. Redmond	LIB	2002–2018
Joshua (Josh) Teague	LIB	2018–present