Electoral district of Fisher
Fisher is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide. It covers a 29.2km² suburban area on the southern fringes of Adelaide, taking in the suburbs of Aberfoyle Park, Happy Valley, Reynella East and parts of Chandlers Hill, Flagstaff Hill and O'Halloran Hill.
Fisher was created at the 1983 electoral redistribution as a marginal "mortgage belt" seat, and was subsequently won by Philip Tyler for the Australian Labor Party at the 1985 election. It narrowly fell to the Liberal Party of Australia's Bob Such at the 1989 election, and he substantially increased his margin four years later amidst Dean Brown's massive Liberal landslide victory. Changes in demographics during the 1990s made the seat relatively safe for the Liberal Party, but they lost control of the seat when Such resigned to sit as an independent in October 2000, and successfully retained his seat as an independent at the 2002 election. While the Liberal Party has hopes of regaining Fisher at the 2006 election, Such is relatively popular within the electorate, and appears unlikely to be toppled for the foreseeable future.
Members for Fisher
| Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Philip Tyler | Australian Labor Party | 1985-1989 |
| Bob Such | Liberal Party of Australia | 1989-2000 |
| Bob Such | Independent | 2000-present |
