List of South Australian Legislative Council appointments
This is a list of appointments to the South Australian Legislative Council, caused by the resignation or death of an incumbent member. A departure creates a casual vacancy which is filled by a candidate of the same affiliation in a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia. The constitution states that if the previous sitting Legislative Council member was at the time of his/her election the representative of a particular political party, that party should nominate a replacement from amongst its own members.[1]
History
Until the 1975 election, casual vacancies in the Legislative Council, like the House of Assembly, were also filled at South Australian Legislative Council by-elections. Amendments to the South Australian Constitution and Electoral Acts saw the whole state become a single electorate for the Legislative Council and gave, in line with the Australian Senate, an assembly of members of both Houses of Parliament the right to meet to choose a replacement member.[1]
List of appointments
There have been 29 appointments since 1975: thirteen Labor, ten Liberal, three Democrats, one Family First, one Australian Greens and one independent.[1]
Date | Incumbent | Party | Appointee [1][2] | Party | Cause | ||
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7 March 2023 | Stephen Wade | Liberal | Ben Hood | Liberal | Resignation | ||
24 August 2021 | David Ridgway | Liberal | Heidi Girolamo | Liberal | Resignation | ||
4 May 2021 | Mark Parnell | Greens | Robert Simms | Greens | Resignation | ||
7 April 2020 | Andrew McLachlan | Liberal | Nicola Centofanti | Liberal | Resignation | ||
28 February 2017 | Gerry Kandelaars | Labor | Justin Hanson | Labor | Resignation | ||
1 December 2015 | Bernard Finnigan | Independent [a] | Peter Malinauskas | Labor | Resignation | ||
17 October 2012 | Bob Sneath | Labor | Kyam Maher | Labor | Resignation | ||
13 September 2011 | Paul Holloway | Labor | Gerry Kandelaars | Labor | Resignation | ||
17 February 2009 | Sandra Kanck | Democrats | David Winderlich | Democrats | Resignation | ||
24 July 2008 | Andrew Evans | Family First | Robert Brokenshire | Family First | Resignation | ||
21 November 2007 | Nick Xenophon | Independent | John Darley | Independent | Resignation | ||
2 May 2006 | Angus Redford | Liberal | Stephen Wade | Liberal | Resignation | ||
2 May 2006 | Terry Roberts | Labor | Bernard Finnigan | Labor | Death | ||
26 June 2003 | Diana Laidlaw | Liberal | Michelle Lensink | Liberal | Resignation | ||
17 February 2003 | Mike Elliott | Democrats | Kate Reynolds | Democrats | Resignation | ||
1 September 2000 | George Weatherill | Labor | Bob Sneath | Labor | Resignation | ||
10 October 1995 | Mario Feleppa | Labor | Paolo Nocella | Labor | Resignation | ||
26 September 1995 | Barbara Wiese | Labor | Paul Holloway | Labor | Resignation | ||
13 September 1994 | Chris Sumner | Labor | Terry Cameron | Labor | Resignation | ||
10 February 1994 | Ian Gilfillan | Democrats | Mike Elliott | Democrats | Resignation | ||
3 August 1993 | Robert Ritson | Liberal | Caroline Schaefer | Liberal | Resignation | ||
23 October 1990 | Martin Cameron | Liberal | Bernice Pfitzner | Liberal | Resignation | ||
14 February 1989 | Dr John Cornwall | Labor | Ron Roberts | Labor | Resignation | ||
4 August 1988 | Murray Hill | Liberal | Julian Stefani | Liberal | Resignation | ||
24 February 1987 | Brian Chatterton | Labor | Trevor Crothers | Labor | Resignation | ||
11 February 1986 | Frank Blevins | Labor | George Weatherill | Labor | Resignation | ||
1 June 1982 | Jim Dunford | Labor | Mario Feleppa | Labor | Death | ||
31 July 1979 | Jessie Cooper | Liberal | Legh Davis | Liberal | Resignation | ||
7 March 1978 | Frank Potter | Liberal | Trevor Griffin | Liberal | Death |
See also
- List of South Australian Legislative Council by-elections
- List of South Australian state by-elections
Notes
a Though Finnigan sat as an independent from 2011, he was elected as a Labor candidate at the 2010 election, as such the joint sitting duly endorsed a Labor appointment.
References
- ^ a b c d South Australian By-Elections 1851-2013: ECSA
- ^ "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007: SA Parliament" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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