---
title: "Flinders: members and political ads | Election Computer"
description: "Flinders: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
url: "https://election.computer/seats/sa/flinders"
---

[Home](https://election.computer/) / [Seats](https://election.computer/seats/sa)

SA state district

# Flinders

In South Australia.

## Sitting member

- [ **Sam Telfer** Liberal, Flinders ](https://election.computer/mp/sam-telfer)

## About Flinders

Flinders is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, covering the Eyre Peninsula and the coast along the Nullarbor Plain around Port Lincoln. It is held by Sam Telfer of the Liberal Party. The seat has been held by a conservative party, the Liberals or their predecessors or the Nationals, since 1938 apart from the 1973 to 1993 period when the Nationals held it.

Named after

Matthew Flinders, explorer who charted most of the state's coastline

Created

1857 as a single-member electorate; single-member since 1938

Previous members

Edward Craigie, Single Tax League, 1938 to 1941

Previous members

Peter Blacker, Nationals, 1973 to 1993

Previous members

Liz Penfold, Liberal, elected 1993

Area

Large coastal rural electorate

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FFlinders), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Flinders whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Flinders yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Flinders are on the [spending](https://election.computer/who) page.

## Other districts in South Australia

- [Adelaide](https://election.computer/seats/sa/adelaide)
- [Badcoe](https://election.computer/seats/sa/badcoe)
- [Black](https://election.computer/seats/sa/black)
- [Bragg](https://election.computer/seats/sa/bragg)
- [Chaffey](https://election.computer/seats/sa/chaffey)
- [Cheltenham](https://election.computer/seats/sa/cheltenham)
- [Colton](https://election.computer/seats/sa/colton)
- [Croydon](https://election.computer/seats/sa/croydon)
- [Davenport](https://election.computer/seats/sa/davenport)
- [Dunstan](https://election.computer/seats/sa/dunstan)
- [Elder](https://election.computer/seats/sa/elder)
- [Elizabeth](https://election.computer/seats/sa/elizabeth)
- [Enfield](https://election.computer/seats/sa/enfield)
- [Finniss](https://election.computer/seats/sa/finniss)
- [Florey](https://election.computer/seats/sa/florey)
- [Gibson](https://election.computer/seats/sa/gibson)
- [Giles](https://election.computer/seats/sa/giles)
- [Hammond](https://election.computer/seats/sa/hammond)
- [Hartley](https://election.computer/seats/sa/hartley)
- [Heysen](https://election.computer/seats/sa/heysen)
- [Hurtle Vale](https://election.computer/seats/sa/hurtle-vale)
- [Kaurna](https://election.computer/seats/sa/kaurna)
- [Kavel](https://election.computer/seats/sa/kavel)
- [King](https://election.computer/seats/sa/king)

---

Ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too.

[Search](https://election.computer/search) [Who's spending](https://election.computer/who) [Federal divisions](https://election.computer/seats/federal) [Senators](https://election.computer/mps/senate) [How this works](https://election.computer/about)

For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://election.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://election.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://election.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.
