Dean Craig Brown,AO is a politician who served as the Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996,and also served as 10th Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002,representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. He became premier when he led the party to a landslide win at the 1993 state election,and lost the office when he lost a leadership challenge to John Olsen in November 1996.
David Julian Fawcett is an Australian Liberal Party politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2011. Fawcett served in the Morrison government as Assistant Minister for Defence from 2018 to 2019.
The Division of Barker is an Australian electoral division in the south-east of South Australia. The division was established on 2 October 1903,when South Australia's original single multi-member division was split into seven single-member divisions. It is named for Captain Collet Barker,a British military officer and early explorer,prior to the British Settlement of South Australia,of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges,Fleurieu Peninsula and the region at the mouth of the Murray River near the Coorong where he died in 1831 whilst on active duty after successfully solo swimming the channel of water and went compass in hand over a sandhill.
The Division of Sturt is an Australian electoral division in South Australia. It was proclaimed at the South Australian redistribution of 11 May 1949. Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt,a nineteenth century British Military officer and explorer.
The Division of Bonython was an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia between 1955 and 2004. The division was named for Hon Sir John Langdon Bonython KCMG,who was an Australian editor,newspaper proprietor,philanthropist,journalist and politician who served as a member of the inaugural federal Parliament. Bonython was abolished in 2004,after a redistribution triggered by a change in representation entitlement which saw South Australia's seats in the House of Representatives reduced to eleven.
The Division of Port Adelaide was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. The 181 km2 seat extended from St Kilda in the north to Grange Road and Findon in the south with part of Salisbury to the east. Suburbs included Alberton,Beverley,Birkenhead,Cheltenham,Findon,Kilkenny,Largs Bay,Mansfield Park,North Haven,Ottoway,Parafield Gardens,Paralowie,Pennington,Port Adelaide,Queenstown,Rosewater,Salisbury Downs,Semaphore,Woodville,West Croydon,and part of Seaton. The seat also included Torrens Island and Garden Island. Port Adelaide was abolished in 2019,after a redistribution triggered by a change in representation entitlement which saw South Australia's seats in the House of Representatives reduced to ten.
The Division of Wakefield was an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia. The seat was a hybrid rural-urban electorate that stretched from Salisbury in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide at the south of the seat right through to the Clare Valley at the north of the seat,135 km from Adelaide. It included the suburbs of Elizabeth,Craigmore,Munno Para,and part of Salisbury,and the towns of Balaklava,Clare,Freeling,Gawler,Kapunda,Mallala,Riverton,Tarlee,Virginia,Williamstown,and part of Port Wakefield.
Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party and represented the Division of Sturt in federal parliament. He held ministerial office in the Fraser government from 1981 to 1983.
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 December 1993. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Labor government,led by Premier Lynn Arnold,was defeated by the Liberal Opposition,led by Dean Brown,in a landslide victory. The Liberals won what is still the largest majority government in South Australian history.
State elections were held in South Australia on 25 November 1989. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen. Labor won 22 out of 47 seats,and secured a majority of 24 with the support of two Independent Labor members.
State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon increased its majority,and defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen.
State elections were held in South Australia on 6 November 1982. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia David Tonkin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition John Bannon.
Nicholas David Champion is an Australian politician. He is a member of the South Australian Labor Party and has served in the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 South Australian state election,representing the seat of Taylor. He has served as the Minister for Trade and Investment,Minister for Housing and Urban Development and Minister for Planning in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022.
This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1993 to 1997,as elected at the 1993 state election:
Sir Keith Cameron Wilson was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was a Senator for South Australia from 1938 to 1944,representing the United Australia Party,and later returned to parliament as a Liberal Party member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1954 and 1955 to 1966. Despite his long service he never held ministerial office.
This article provides details on candidates who stood for the 2004 Australian federal election. The election was held on 9 October 2004.
This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1982 to 1985,as elected at the 1982 state election:
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Elizabeth on 9 April 1994. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Labor MHA Martyn Evans,who moved to the federal seat of Bonython at the 1994 by-election. The seat,created at the 1969 redistribution and first contested at the 1970 state election,was held by Labor from 1970 until 1984,when Evans won it as an independent Labor candidate. In 1993,he rejoined the Labor Party.
A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Elizabeth on 1 December 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of former state Labor MHA Peter Duncan,who moved to the federal seat of Makin. The seat had been retained by Labor since it was created and first contested at the 1970 state election.
The South Australian Liberal Party,officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division),and often shortened to SA Liberals,is the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. It was formed as the Liberal and Country League (LCL) in 1932 and became the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945. It retained its Liberal and Country League name before changing to its current name in 1974. It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia,the other being the Australian Labor Party (SA Branch). The party is led by Vincent Tarzia since 12 August 2024.
