Division of Mayo

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division in the hills east of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the Adelaide Hills, Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, including the towns of Bridgewater, Crafers, Echunga, Gumeracha, Hahndorf, Langhorne Creek, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Mount Barker, Myponga, Oakbank, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Woodside, Yankalilla, and part of Birdwood.

Mayo Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	1984
MP	Rebekha Sharkie
Party	Centre Alliance
Namesake	Helen Mayo
Electors	122,291 (2019)
Area	9,315 km2 (3,596.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Helen Mayo, 1914

It was set up in 1984 and is named after Helen Mayo, the first woman elected to an Australian University Council.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Alexander Downer (1951–)	Liberal	1984 Australian federal election, 1 December 1984 – 14 July 2008	Served as Opposition Leader from 1994 to 1995. Served as minister under John Howard. Resigned in order to retire from politics
		Jamie Briggs (1977–)	Liberal	2008 Mayo by-election, 6 September 2008 – 2016 Australian federal election, 2 July 2016	Served as minister under Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. Lost seat
		Rebekha Sharkie (1972–)	Nick Xenophon Team	2016 Australian federal election, 2 July 2016 – 8 June 2018	Incumbent
			Centre Alliance	8 June 2018 – present

Alexander Downer's father and grandfather were federal politicians. Downer was Leader of the Opposition, and became Foreign Minister in the Howard Government. His resignation from parliament caused a by-election for Mayo in 2008.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Mayo[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Centre Alliance	Rebekha Sharkie	36,500	31.41	−2.78
	Liberal	Allison Bluck	31,411	27.03	−10.62
	Labor	Marisa Bell	21,051	18.11	+4.45
	Greens	Greg Elliott	13,705	11.79	+2.53
	One Nation	Tonya Scott	4,775	4.11	+4.11
	United Australia	Samantha McGrail	4,089	3.52	+0.33
	Animal Justice	Padma Chaplin	1,929	1.66	−0.38
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob van Raalte	1,424	1.23	+1.23
	Australian Federation	Mark Neugebauer	1,330	1.14	+1.14
Total formal votes			116,214	94.95	−2.00
Informal votes			6,176	5.05	+2.00
Turnout			122,390	93.68	−1.29
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Marisa Bell	59,955	51.59	+4.13
	Liberal	Allison Bluck	56,259	48.41	−4.13
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Centre Alliance	Rebekha Sharkie	72,355	62.26	+7.12
	Liberal	Allison Bluck	43,859	37.74	−7.12
	Centre Alliance hold		Swing	+7.12