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# Chaffey

In South Australia.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Whetstone2018.jpg?width=96)**Tim Whetstone** Liberal, Chaffey ](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-whetstone)

About

## About Chaffey

Chaffey is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, covering the Riverland region including Renmark, Berri, Barmera, Loxton and Waikerie. It is held by Liberal Tim Whetstone. The seat is named after brothers George and William Chaffey, who established the irrigation area along the Murray River from 1886.

Created

1936

Named after

Brothers George and William Chaffey

Sitting member

Tim Whetstone (Liberal)

Held by Liberal since

2010, when Whetstone defeated Karlene Maywald

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FChaffey), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Chaffey whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Chaffey yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Chaffey are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other districts in South Australia

- [Adelaide](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/adelaide)
- [Badcoe](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/badcoe)
- [Black](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/black)
- [Bragg](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/bragg)
- [Cheltenham](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/cheltenham)
- [Colton](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/colton)
- [Croydon](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/croydon)
- [Davenport](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/davenport)
- [Dunstan](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/dunstan)
- [Elder](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/elder)
- [Elizabeth](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/elizabeth)
- [Enfield](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/enfield)
- [Finniss](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/finniss)
- [Flinders](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/flinders)
- [Florey](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/florey)
- [Gibson](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/gibson)
- [Giles](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/giles)
- [Hammond](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/hammond)
- [Hartley](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/hartley)
- [Heysen](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/heysen)
- [Hurtle Vale](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/hurtle-vale)
- [Kaurna](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/kaurna)
- [Kavel](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/kavel)
- [King](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/king)

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