Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841–45 (and later Prime Minister of New Zealand). The division covers the rural mid-north and north of South Australia, with a size of 904,881 square kilometres (349,377 sq mi) spanning 92% of the state. The borders of the electorate include the Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, in addition to much of the southern coastal border. The electorate spans to Marion Bay and Eudunda in the south. The main population centres of the electorate include Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Kadina, Maitland, Orroroo, Peterborough, Burra and Eudunda.Grey was held by Labor for much of its history, and was one of the few country seats where Labor usually did well. It remained in Labor hands from 1943 to 1993, except for one Liberal win at the landslide 1966 election. For most of that time, it was a fairly safe Labor seat. However, since the 1993 election, the decline of the mining and pastoral vote has made it increasingly safe for the Liberal Party. Since 1996, it has usually been a fairly safe Liberal seat. The Liberal hold on the seat was strengthened ahead of the 2004 election with the addition of the Yorke Peninsula and the state's upper east from the heavily redistributed seat of Wakefield. Partly due to the presence of the Yorke Peninsula, historically a fairly conservative area, the Liberals suffered a nine-point swing at the 2007 election, but were still able to retain it on 54 percent of the two-party vote. Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie still tilt Labor, but they are not enough to overcome the increasing conservative lean in the rest of the seat."@en }
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- Division_of_Grey abstract "The Division of Grey is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. The division was one of the seven established when the former Division of South Australia was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia from 1841–45 (and later Prime Minister of New Zealand). The division covers the rural mid-north and north of South Australia, with a size of 904,881 square kilometres (349,377 sq mi) spanning 92% of the state. The borders of the electorate include the Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, in addition to much of the southern coastal border. The electorate spans to Marion Bay and Eudunda in the south. The main population centres of the electorate include Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Kadina, Maitland, Orroroo, Peterborough, Burra and Eudunda.Grey was held by Labor for much of its history, and was one of the few country seats where Labor usually did well. It remained in Labor hands from 1943 to 1993, except for one Liberal win at the landslide 1966 election. For most of that time, it was a fairly safe Labor seat. However, since the 1993 election, the decline of the mining and pastoral vote has made it increasingly safe for the Liberal Party. Since 1996, it has usually been a fairly safe Liberal seat. The Liberal hold on the seat was strengthened ahead of the 2004 election with the addition of the Yorke Peninsula and the state's upper east from the heavily redistributed seat of Wakefield. Partly due to the presence of the Yorke Peninsula, historically a fairly conservative area, the Liberals suffered a nine-point swing at the 2007 election, but were still able to retain it on 54 percent of the two-party vote. Whyalla, Port Augusta and Port Pirie still tilt Labor, but they are not enough to overcome the increasing conservative lean in the rest of the seat.".