John Robert Rau SC is an Australian barrister and politician. He was the 12th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 2011 to 2018 and 48th Attorney-General of South Australia from 2010 to 2018 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party in the Weatherill cabinet. Rau was the Labor member of the House of Assembly seat of Enfield from the 2002 election until announcing his intention to retire from Parliament on 10 December 2018,and submitting his resignation on 17 December 2018.
Frances Ellen Bedford is an Australian politician,representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Florey since the 1997 state election.
Michael John Atkinson,a former Australian politician in the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party,was a member of the Parliament of South Australia from 1989 to 2018.
Stephanie Wendy Key is a former Australian politician who was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Australian Labor Party from the 1997 election until her retirement in 2018,representing the electorates of Hanson (1997–2002) and Ashford (2002–2018).
Croydon is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the suburb of Croydon,it is a 18.78 km2 (7.25 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's inner north-west. In addition to Croydon,it includes Angle Park,Athol Park,Bowden,Brompton,Croydon Park,Devon Park,Dudley Park,Ferryden Park,Kilkenny,Mansfield Park,Regency Park,Renown Park,Ridleyton,West Croydon,Woodville Gardens;and parts of Allenby Gardens,Welland,and West Hindmarsh.
Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright,it is a 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east,taking in the suburbs of Brahma Lodge,Gulfview Heights,Modbury Heights,Redwood Park,Salisbury South and Wynn Vale,as well as parts of Salisbury East and Surrey Downs.
Grace Portolesi is an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hartley from 2006 to 2014 for the Labor Party.
David Gregory Pisoni is a South Australian politician. He has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since 2006,representing the electorate of Unley for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Pisoni has served as the Minister for Industry and Skills in the Marshall Ministry since 22 March 2018.
Robert Bruce Such was a South Australian politician. He was the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 until his death in 2014. He defeated Labor MP Philip Tyler at the 1989 election and was a member of the Liberals until 2000 when he became an independent. Such was Minister for Employment,Training and Further Education,and Minister for Youth Affairs,in the Brown Liberal government from 1993 to 1996. He served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Rann Labor government from 2005 to 2006. Such was joint Father of the House with Michael Atkinson from 2012.
John James "Jack" Snelling is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. Snelling left the Labor Party in 2021 to found the Family First Party.
Amanda Louise Rishworth is an Australian politician who has served as the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kingston in South Australia since the 2007 election. Rishworth is Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Shadow Minister for Youth in the Albanese Shadow Ministry.
Sarah Coral Hanson-Young is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since July 2008,representing the Australian Greens. She is the youngest woman to be elected to federal parliament,winning election at the age of 25 and taking office at the age of 26. She was the youngest person ever elected to the Senate,until Jordon Steele-John was elected on a recount in 2017.
Nicholas David Champion is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since 2007. He represented the Division of Wakefield until its abolition in 2019,when he transferred to the new Division of Spence. In February 2021 he was pre-selected for the safe South Australian House of Assembly seat of Taylor for the 2022 South Australian election.
Leesa Anne Vlahos,néeChesser is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Taylor for the Labor Party from the 2010 election until her retirement in 2018.
Peter Bryden Malinauskas is an Australian politician,serving as leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition following the 2018 state election.
Gerard Anthony (Gerry) Kandelaars is an Australian politician. He was appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party on 13 September 2011 to replace outgoing member Paul Holloway. He served until his resignation in February 2017.
The 2018 South Australian state election to elect members to the 54th Parliament of South Australia was held on 17 March 2018. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly or lower house,whose members were elected at the 2014 election,and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council or upper house,last filled at the 2010 election,were contested. The record-16-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government led by Premier Jay Weatherill was seeking a fifth four-year term,but was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA),led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. Nick Xenophon's new SA Best party unsuccessfully sought to obtain the balance of power.
Katrine Anne Hildyard is an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Reynell in the Parliament of South Australia as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2014 state election. Hildyard was appointed to the Cabinet of South Australia in September 2017 as Minister for Disabilities;and served in this role until the 2018 state election.
Natalie Fleur Cook is an Australian Labor Party politician and anti-violence campaigner. She became an anti-violence campaigner after the death of her son in a one-punch attack in 2008.
This is a list of candidates of the 2018 South Australian state election. The election was held on 17 March 2018.
