Lee

2026–2030 electoral district map

Electoral District of Lee (PDF - 1,092 KB)

Features of the district

Location

The district of Lee is located to the north-west of the City of Adelaide, with the residential beachside suburbs of Semaphore Park, Tennyson and West Lakes Shore forming its western boundary.

Area

Approximately 18.3 km²

Localities

Lee incorporates the suburbs of Albert Park, Hendon, Royal Park, Seaton, Semaphore Park, Semaphore South, Tennyson, West Lakes, and West Lakes Shore. It also includes parts of the suburb of Grange.

History

The district was created at the 1991 boundary redistribution and first represented in 1993.

Origin of the name

The district is named after the Irish-Australian women’s suffrage campaigner Mary Lee (1821 – 1909) who worked successfully for political and social reform. Secretary of the South Australian Women's Suffrage League, she directed the campaign for public acceptance of women's suffrage until the South Australian Parliament granted women the right to vote and stand for parliament in 1894. She also served with the Female Refuge ladies' committee, the Distressed Women's and Children's Committee and the Adelaide Sick Poor Fund. She campaigned against 'sweated' labour, proposed the formation of trade unions for women and became foundation secretary, later vice-president of the Working Women's Trade Union. She was the first woman to be appointed official visitor to lunatic asylums.

Key boundary changes following the 2024 redistribution

Lee gains the locality of Semaphore South.

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

Representation and results

Election results

• 2026 State Election results
• 2022 State Election results
• 2018 State Election results
• 2014 State Election results 
• 2010 State Election results