Vickie Ann Chapman is a former Australian politician,representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Bragg for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia between the 2002 election and May 2022. Chapman served as the Deputy Premier of South Australia and Attorney-General between 19 March 2018 and 22 November 2021 in the Marshall government. She was the first woman to hold either post.
Karlene Ann Maywald is an Australian National Party politician who represented the seat of Chaffey in the South Australian House of Assembly from October 1997 until March 2010. Her election to the South Australian Parliament made her leader of the South Australian Nationals and made her the first woman to lead a branch of the party at the state or federal level. During her tenure,from 2004 until 2010,she was the Minister for the River Murray and Minister for Water Security in the Rann Labor government. She is currently the Chair of the National Water Commission and a Director of SA Water,as well as Managing Director of Maywald Consultants Pty Ltd.
Jay Wilson Weatherill is a former Australian politician who was the 45th premier of South Australia,serving from 21 October 2011 until 19 March 2018. Weatherill represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Labor Party from the 2002 election to 17 December 2018,when he retired.
Stephen Graham Wade is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council serving between May 2006 and January 2023,representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Wade has served as the Minister for Health and Wellbeing in the Marshall Ministry between 22 March 2018 and 24 March 2022.
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 served as the Minister for Industry and Skills in the Marshall Ministry between March 2018 and March 2022.
Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Waite from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. First elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party,Hamilton-Smith was the state parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009,and a Minister in the Kerin Liberal government from 2001 to 2002.
David Wickham Ridgway is a South Australian politician who served as a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2021,representing the Liberal Party of Australia (SA). Ridgway served as the Minister for Trade and Investment in the Marshall Ministry from 22 March 2018 to 26 July 2020,and as Minister for Tourism from March 2018 to January 2020.
Christopher Maurice Pyne is a retired Australian politician. As a member of the Liberal Party,he held several ministerial positions in the Howard,Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison governments,and served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Sturt from 1993 until his retirement in 2019.
Geoffrey Graeme Brock is an Australian politician. He is an Independent member in the South Australian House of Assembly,representing the seat of Stuart since the 2022 South Australian state election. Prior to this,he represented the seat of Frome from the 2009 Frome by-election until a redistribution leading up to the 2022 state election.
Stephen John Rayden Patterson is an Australian politician,and a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL),and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
The 2014 South Australian state election elected members to the 53rd Parliament of South Australia on 15 March 2014,to fill all 47 seats in the House of Assembly and 11 of 22 seats in the Legislative Council. The 12-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government,led by Premier Jay Weatherill,won its fourth consecutive four-year term in government,a record 16 years of Labor government,defeating the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA),led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall.
Steven Spence Marshall is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024,representing the electorate of Dunstan.
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.
David James Speirs is a Scottish-Australian politician previously serving as Leader of the Opposition in South Australia and Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party from April 2022 until August 2024. He has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2014 state election,representing Bright from 2014 to 2018 and Black since 2018. Speirs served as the Minister for Environment and Water in the Marshall Ministry between March 2018 and March 2022.
Stephan Karl Knoll is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly electorate of Schubert for the Liberal Party from 2014 to 2022. Knoll served as Minister for Transport,Infrastructure and Local Government and Minister for Planning in the Marshall Ministry between 2018 and 2020,and as Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly from February to July 2020.
Vincent Anthony Tarzia is an Australian politician who is currently serving as the South Australia and Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party,and is representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hartley for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2014 state election. Tarzia served as the Minister for Police,Emergency Services and Correctional Services in the Marshall ministry between July 2020 and March 2022. He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport as well as Sport,Recreation and Racing as part of the South Australian Opposition. In August 2024,following the resignation of David Speirs,Tarzia was elected leader of the Liberal Party.
Corey Luke Wingard is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly from the 2014 state election,representing Mitchell until 2018 and Gibson until his defeat in 2022. Wingard served as the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. He was also Minister for Recreation,Sport and Racing in the Marshall Ministry from 2018 to 2022. He previously served as the Minister for Police,Emergency Services and Correctional Services.
The Marshall ministry was the 73rd ministry (cabinet) of the Government of South Australia,led by Steven Marshall of the South Australian Liberal Party. It was formed after the 2018 state election and ended after the 2022 state election. It was preceded by the Weatherill ministry and was succeeded by the Malinauskas ministry.
The 2022 South Australian state election was held on 19 March 2022 to elect members to the 55th Parliament of South Australia. All 47 seats in the House of Assembly,and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for re-election.
Clare Michele Scriven is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2018 state election.
