{{Short description|South Australian state electoral district}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox Australian electorate | name = Lee | state = sa | image = {{switcher |{{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=SA Electoral Districts (2022)/Lee.map|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=x80px}} |From the 2022 state election to 2026 |{{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=SA Electoral Districts (2026)/Lee.map|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=x80px}} |From the 2026 state election |default=2 }} | caption = Interactive map of electoral district boundaries | created = 1993 | mp = David Wilkins | mp-party = Labor | namesake = Mary Lee | electors = 26500 | electors_year = 2018 | electors_footnotes = | area = 18.9 | class = Metropolitan | coordinates = {{coord|34|51|31|S|138|29|56|E|display=inline,title}} | near-nw = <small>''Gulf St Vincent''</small> | near-n = Port Adelaide | near-ne = Port Adelaide | near-e = Cheltenham | near-se = West Torrens | near-s = Colton | near-sw = <small>''Gulf St Vincent''</small> | near-w = <small>''Gulf St Vincent''</small> |footnotes=Electoral District map<ref>{{cite map |url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/publications/electoral-district-of-lee-pdf/download |title=Electoral District of Lee |publisher=Electoral Commission of South Australia |year=2018 |access-date=1 April 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> }} '''Lee''' is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the women's suffrage campaigner Mary Lee, it is an 18.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> suburban electorate on Adelaide's north-western beaches, taking in the suburbs of Grange, Royal Park, Seaton, Semaphore Park, Tennyson, West Lakes, and West Lakes Shore.

Lee was created as a fairly safe Labor electorate in the 1991 electoral distribution to replace the abolished electoral district of Albert Park and absorbed half of the abolished electoral district of Semaphore. The first member for Lee, elected at the 1993 election, was controversial Liberal MP Joe Rossi, with the governments smallest margin of 1.1 percent; Rossi's election was unexpected, but was part of a large swing away from Labor throughout the state. At the 1997 election there were large swings back to Labor. Rossi's small margin meant he was one of the first to be defeated. He was replaced by Labor's Michael Wright.

Port Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson, who contested the 2012 Port Adelaide by-election as an independent, contested Lee at the 2014 election.<ref>[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/contest-in-seat-of-lee-heats-up-with-adelaide-enfield-mayor-gary-johanson-joining-the-election-race/story-fni9llx9-1226782627467 Contest in seat of Lee heats up with Adelaide Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson joining the election race], 13 December 2013, The Advertiser.</ref> Wright did not contest the 2014 election. Labor candidate Stephen Mullighan won the election with a reduced 4.5 percent two-party preferred margin.

==Members for Lee== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="2"|Member ! Party ! Term |- | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp; | Joe Rossi | Liberal | 1993–1997 |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Michael Wright | Labor | 1997–2014 |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | Stephen Mullighan | Labor | 2014–2026 |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp; | David Wilkins | Labor | 2026–present |}

==Election results== {{main|Electoral results for the district of Lee}}

{{Excerpt|2026 South Australian House of Assembly election|section=Lee}}

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== * [https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles?view=article&id=839:lee ECSA profile for Lee: 2018] * [http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/sa-election-2018/guide/lee/ ABC profile for Lee: 2018] * [https://www.pollbludger.net/sa2018/Lee.htm Poll Bludger profile for Lee: 2018]

{{Electoral districts of South Australia}}

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