SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2010

TAYLOR Labor 26.4%
Outgoing member: Trish White (Labor) Region: Outer Northern Suburbs Federal divisions: Wakefield/Port Adelaide
	CASSANDRA LUDWIG Liberal (bottom) PAUL COOMBE Family First KIRSTEN WAHLSTROM Greens LEESA VLAHOS Labor (top)
Electoral District Boundaries Commission map

Taylor covers Adelaide's northern coastal outskirts, from Buckland Park past the mouth of the Gawler River to Middle Beach as far as Light River, extending inland to semi-rural Redbanks and Reeves Plains in the north and urban Paralowie, Elizabeth South and Andrews Farm in the south. Labor scores majorities throughout, but they are notably lower in the small semi-rural booths. The redistribution has extended the electorate further into Angle Vale, cutting 1.1 per cent from the Labor margin. The inaugural member when the seat was created at the 1993 election was the defeated Premier, Lynn Arnold, whose existing seat of Ramsay went to Mike Rann. Arnold remained in the leadership after his election defeat on the understanding that it would be a temporary arrangement, and he quit parliament in September 1994. The ensuing by-election was won by the Right-backed Trish White, who worked as an electronics engineer with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. White rose to Shadow Education Minister in opposition and kept the portfolio when Labor came to power in 2002, before moving to transport and planning in March 2004. A year later she tearfully resigned from cabinet, saying she wished to spend more time with her family. Shortly before the 2006 election there was speculation she might stand aside for Salisbury mayor Tony Zappia, who instead went on to win the federal seat of Makin on his second try in 2007.

When White announced in early 2009 that she would not be contesting the next election, two potential successors were named, both of the Right: Leesa Vlahos, former state party assistant secretary and head of its fundraising arm SA Progressive Business, and Julie Woodham, a staffer to Trish White. It soon became apparent that Right faction warlord Don Farrell's backing for Vlahos would prove decisive, and she emerged as the only nominee.

PREDICTION: Labor retain