Patrick Conlon (politician)

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Patrick Frederick "Pat" Conlon
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Pat Conlon (left) and Mike Rann opening the extension of the Glenelg tram line in October 2007.
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Electoral district of Elder
In office
11 October 1997 –15 March 2014

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the seven-year-old Conlon was brought to South Australia by his family in 1966. They lived initially in Elizabeth before settling in Port Adelaide. Conlon was educated at LeFevre Boys Technical High School.

His early jobs included being a roof tiler, storeperson, timberhand, deckhand, and signalperson. In 1983 he became a union organiser and five years later he took part-time Arts and Law classes at the University of Adelaide, which he funded through part-time work as an office cleaner, industrial officer, project officer and workers compensation employee advocate. He graduated with an Arts degree and with first class honours in Law. He won the Howard Zelling prize for Constitutional Law, the Stow Prize, and the David Murray Scholarship for his honours dissertation on employment law.

In the early 1990s he worked at law firm Duncan Basheer with Jay Weatherill and Isobel Redmond. [4]

Parliament

Conlon was first elected to the South Australian House of Assembly as the member for the south-western Adelaide seat of Elder at the 1997 election with a 52.6 percent two-party vote from a 6.1 percent two-party swing. Conlon won a 53.7 percent two-party vote at the 2002 election. The 2006 election saw Conlon win a 64.9 percent two-party vote. The 2010 election saw Conlon win a 53.6 percent two-party vote.

Conlon served in many portfolios between 2002 and 2013 as a senior cabinet member, including Government Enterprises, Police, Emergency Services, Energy, Infrastructure, Transport, Industrial Relations, State/Local Government Relations, Housing and Urban Development, and Transport and Infrastructure. [1]

After announcing in September 2012 his intention not to recontest his parliamentary seat at the 2014 election, Conlon announced in early March 2013 that he would immediately take up a salaried position with national law firm MinterEllison in Adelaide for the equivalent of three days per week.

Personal life

Conlon and his wife Tania have two daughters; Sadie Conlon born in December 2004 and Jemima Conlon. His hobbies include supporting the Port Adelaide Football Club, fishing, fine wine, and cooking.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Patrick Conlon". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia . Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Kelton, Greg (9 April 2010). "Patrick Conlon rejects Left's change of direction". The Advertiser.
  3. ↑ Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey . Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Kelton, Greg (9 July 2009). "Isobel Redmond wins South Australia Liberals leadership". The Advertiser.

 

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