The Division of Angas was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and abolished in 1934. It was named for George Fife Angas, a South Australian pioneer politician, banker and pastoralist who played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Province of South Australia.
The Division was one of the seven established when the former multi member Division of South Australia was split into single member electorates on 2 October 1903. It was a generally marginal seat which was won at various times by the Australian Labor Party and the Nationalist Party (and their predecessors).
Based on various rural areas adjacent to Adelaide to the north, north-east, east and south-east of Adelaide at different times including Angaston, Cadell, Eudunda, Gawler, Kapunda, Nuriootpa, Mallala, Murray Bridge, Tanunda and Walker Flat.
From 1922 the Division stretched further north eastward as far as the riverland South Australian border. The subdivsions being - Subdivisions of Angaston, Gawler, Gumeracha, Loxton, Magill, Mannum, Mitcham, Mount Pleasant, Murray Bridge, Norton's' Summit, Salisbury, Two Wells, Waikerie and Woodside.[1]
Angas was abolished in May 1934 as a result of redistribution which reduced the number of representatives from South Australia to six. The district was divided between Adelaide, Boothby, Barker, and Wakefield. [2][3] As a result each of the remaining six electorates had been increased in elector size.[4]
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