Waite is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly.

Named after Peter Waite, a 19th century entrepreneur and philanthropist, it covers 75.4 km² of suburbs and foothills in Adelaide's inner south-east, taking in the suburbs of Belair, Blackwood, Brown Hill Creek, Coromandel East, Coromandel Valley, Crafers West, Craigburn Farm, Eden Hills, Glenalta, Hawthorndene, Kingswood, Lynton, Mitcham, Netherby, Springfield, Torrens Park, Urrbrae as well as part of Upper Sturt.

Two months after the 2014 election, Hamilton-Smith became an independent and held several ministries in the Weatherill Labor government.

Sam Duluk resigned from the Liberal Party to sit as an independent in 2020 after allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

[2] Duluk was defeated at the 2022 election by Catherine Hutchesson who won the seat for Labor for the first time in its history.