MacKillop - Electoral Commission SA

2026–2030 electoral district map

2026 Electoral District of MacKillop (PDF, 2.5MB)

Features of the district

Location

This country district is located in the south-east of the state, sandwiched between the Southern Ocean to the west and the Victorian border to the east. MacKillop includes the coastal towns of Beachport, Kingston South East and Robe, and the rural centres of Bordertown, Keith, Millicent, Naracoorte, and Penola. The district’s economy is based on pastoral farming, forestry and fishing.

Area

Approximately 34,138 sqkm

Localities

MacKillop incorporates the Coorong District Council, the District Council of Southern Mallee, Ashville, Beachport, Bordertown, Carcuma, Cooke Plains, Coomandook, Coonalpyn, Coorong, Elwomple, Geranium. Jabuk, Karte, Keith, Ki Ki, Kingston, Kingston South East, Lameroo, Malinong, Meningie, Meningie East, Millicent, Moorlands, Naracoorte, Naracoorte Luncindale, Netherton, Ngarkat, Parilla, Parrakie, Peake, Penola, Pinnaroo, Poltallock, Robe, Sherlock, Tailem Bend, Tatiara, Wattle Range, Wellington East, and Yumali. It also includes parts of the localities of Lake Alexandrina and Naturi.

History

The district of MacKillop was created at the 1991 redistribution and has been contested and represented continuously since 1993.

Origin of the name

The district is named after Mary Helen MacKillop (1842–1909), an Australian nun posthumously canonised by the Catholic Church in 2010, as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Although born in Victoria, MacKillop is best known for her activities in South Australia. In 1866 she founded in Penola the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established schools and welfare institutions throughout the state and across Australasia, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.

Key boundary changes following the 2024 redistribution

No changes.

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

Representation and results

Members since first represented in 1993
Member	Affiliation	Period
Dale S. Baker	LIB	1993–1997
Michael R. (Mitch) Williams	IND/LIB	1997–2018
Philip Nicholas (Nick) McBride	LIB	2018–present