Electoral district of Schubert

Schubert South Australia—House of Assembly
Electoral district of Schubert (green) in South Australia
State	South Australia
Created	1997
MP	Stephan Knoll
Party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Namesake	Max Schubert
Electors	24,148 (2014)
Area	3,495.3 km² (1,349.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	34°40′48″S 139°11′32″E / 34.68000°S 139.19222°E / -34.68000; 139.19222Coordinates: 34°40′48″S 139°11′32″E / 34.68000°S 139.19222°E / -34.68000; 139.19222

Schubert is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Max Schubert, the winemaker of Penfolds Grange Hermitage. The Barossa Valley area was first represented by the seat of Barossa. The seat of Custance was abolished and recreated as Schubert in the 1994 redistribution and first contested at the 1997 election. The seat covers nearly all of the Barossa Valley area in the west to rural areas in the east as far as the Murray River. Schubert also includes the northern parts of the Adelaide Hills. The electorate covers an area of 3,495.3 km². Main population centres include Nuriootpa, Angaston, Tanunda and Mannum.

Members for Schubert

Member		Party	Term
	Ivan Venning	Liberal	1997–2014
	Stephan Knoll	Liberal	2014–present

South Australian state election, 2014: Schubert^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stephan Knoll	11,922	54.1	−3.2
	Labor	Adam Slobodian	5,180	23.5	+0.6
	Family First	Tony Hurn	2,713	12.3	+5.8
	Greens	Jasemin Rose	2,221	10.1	+0.9
Total formal votes			22,036	96.9	+0.3
Informal votes			697	3.1	−0.3
Turnout			22,733	94.1	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stephan Knoll	14,237	64.6	−3.2
	Labor	Adam Slobodian	7,799	35.4	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

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