Named in honour of the Hon. Norman John Oswald Makin AO, 1889–1982. Makin was a Member of the House of Representatives (1919–46 and 1954–63) and Speaker of the House of Representatives (1929–31).
Area
162 sq km
Location description
The Division of Makin consists of:
part of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield,
part of the City of Salisbury, and
part of the City of Tea Tree Gully
Demographic Rating:
Outer Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and containing large areas of recent suburban expansion.
Former members for an electoral division of this name can be found by searching ‘Electoral divisions’ or ‘Members of the House of Representatives since 1901’ in the historical information section of the Parliamentary Handbook