The Division of Sturt is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...

First proclaimed in 1949, Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt, nineteenth century explorer and the first European to discover the Murray River. Based in the wealthy eastern suburbs of Adelaide, Sturt has traditionally been a Liberal Party constituency and has been home to the Wilson political dynasty of father Keith and son Ian. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Captain Charles Sturt (April 28, 1795 _ June 16, 1869), Australian explorer, was born in India and joined the British Army as a young man, seeing action with the Duke of Wellington in Spain and at Waterloo. ... A branch of the Murray in its middle reaches, near Howlong, New South Wales. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...

A 16% swing in 1969 unseated Ian Wilson but he was returned at the 1972 elections against the flow of Gough Whitlam's federal victory. Wilson was a key early member of the progressive Liberal Movement faction within the Liberal Party but refused to leave the Liberal's when the LM became a separate party. To show there was no love lost, the Liberal Movement ran a candidate in Sturt in the 1974 election, polling a healthy 7.2%, much of which derived from Wilson’s vote. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Honourable Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (born July 11, 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... The Liberal Movement was a minor Australian political party that flourished in the 1970s. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The LM's successor party, the Australian Democrats, have traditionally polled well in Sturt, highlighted by 13.5% at their first showing in 1977 and 15% in 1990, the best result by a minor party in Sturt. Additionally, an independent Liberal contested Sturt at the 1993 elections, polling a respectable 14.6%. The Australian Democrats (in regular parlance, just the Democrats), is an Australian social liberal party formed in 1977 from the earlier Australia Party by Don Chipp, who left the Liberal Party of Australia to do so. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on March 13, 1993. ...

Members

• Keith Wilson (Lib) 1949-54
• Hon Norman Makin (ALP) 1954-55
• Sir Keith Wilson (Lib) 1955-66
• Ian Wilson (Lib) 1966-69
• Norman Foster (ALP) 1969-72
• Hon Ian Wilson (Lib) 1972-93
• Christopher Pyne (Lib) 1993-