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# Morphett

In South Australia.

## Sitting member

- [ **Toby Priest** Labor, Morphett ](https://politics.computer/mp/toby-priest)

About

## About Morphett

Morphett is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, located about 10 kilometres south-west of Adelaide's city centre between the Holdfast Bay coastline and Marion Road. It is currently held by Toby Priest of the Labor Party. Toby Priest's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on the topics listed for him on this site.

Created

1976, following the redistribution effective for the 1977 election

Area

Approximately 14 square kilometres

Named after

Sir John Morphett (1809–1892)

Previous members

Stephen Patterson (Liberal), elected at the 2018 election

Held by the same party since

Labor won the seat at the 2026 state election, first since the 1970s

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

## Who's advertising

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

We don't follow any candidate's page for Morphett yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Morphett 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)
- [Chaffey](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/chaffey)
- [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)

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