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Forty-ninth Parliament of South Australia | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||||||
Term | 2 December 1997 – 15 January 2002 | ||||||||
Election | 11 October 1997 | ||||||||
Government | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
Opposition | Labor | ||||||||
Legislative Council | |||||||||
Members | Government (10)
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President | Jamie Irwin, Liberal | ||||||||
Leader of the Government | Rob Lucas | ||||||||
Party control | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
House of Assembly | |||||||||
Members | Government (22)
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Speaker | John Oswald, Liberal | ||||||||
Government Whip | John Meier | ||||||||
Opposition Whip | Murray De Laine (until 15 August 2001) Robyn Geraghty (from 15 August 2001) | ||||||||
Party control | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
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Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||||
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ALP | IND | SAF | NOP | DEM | LIB | |||
End of previous Parliament | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
Start (2 December 1997) | 8 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 0 |
25 July 1998 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
25 March 1999 | – | 1 | ||||||
3 June 1999 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
1 September 2000 | 5 | 21 | 1 | |||||
4 October 2000 | 6 | 22 | 0 | |||||
Latest voting share % | 27.27 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 13.64 | 45.45 |
Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
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ALP | IND | LIB | NAT | |||
End of previous Parliament | 11 | – | 36 | – | 47 | 0 |
Start (2 December 1997) | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
6 December 1999 | 1 | 24 | ||||
6 July 2000 | 2 | 23 | ||||
12 October 2000 | 3 | 22 | ||||
15 August 2001 | 20 | 4 | ||||
27 November 2001 | 19 | 5 | ||||
Latest voting share % | 40.43 | 10.64 | 46.81 | 2.13 |
11 of the 22 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997. Members elected in 1997 are marked with an asterisk (*).
All 47 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997.
Before | Change | After | ||||||
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Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | ||
Terry Cameron | Labor | Resigned from party | 25 July 1998 | Terry Cameron | Independent | |||
Terry Cameron | Independent | New party | 25 March 1999 | Terry Cameron | SA First | |||
Trevor Crothers | Labor | Resigned from party | 3 June 1999 | Trevor Crothers | Independent | |||
George Weatherill | Labor | Resigned | 1 September 2000 | 4 October 2000 | Bob Sneath | Labor |
Seat | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
MacKillop | Mitch Williams | Independent | Joined party | 6 December 1999 | Mitch Williams | Liberal | |||
Hammond | Peter Lewis | Liberal | Expelled from party | 6 July 2000 | Peter Lewis | Independent | |||
Fisher | Bob Such | Liberal | Resigned from party | 12 October 2000 | Bob Such | Independent | |||
Price | Murray De Laine | Labor | Resigned from party | 15 August 2001 | Murray De Laine | Independent | |||
Ross Smith | Ralph Clarke | Labor | Resigned from party | 27 November 2001 | Ralph Clarke | Independent |