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title: "Port Adelaide: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Port Adelaide: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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# Port Adelaide

In South Australia.

## Sitting member

- [ **Cheyne Rich** Labor, Port Adelaide ](https://politics.computer/mp/cheyne-rich)

About

## About Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, on Adelaide's Lefevre Peninsula, stretching east toward the northern suburbs. Its sitting member is Cheyne Rich of Labor. Susan Close held the seat for Labor for 14 years until her retirement at the end of her term in March 2026.

Sitting member

Cheyne Rich, Labor

Named after

Port Adelaide, which it surrounds

Recreated

2002, as a reconfigured version of Hart

Previous member

Susan Close, Labor; retired at end of term, March 2026

Previous member

Kevin Foley; resigned December 2011 after 18 years in the lower house

Boundary change for 2026 election

Loss of Semaphore South to the electoral district of Lee

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

## Who's advertising

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

We don't follow any candidate's page for Port Adelaide yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Port Adelaide 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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