Mitch Williams (politician)

Mitch Williams (politician)
Mitch Williams
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 April 2010
Preceded by Martin Hamilton-Smith
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Mackillop
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 October 1997
Preceded by Dale Baker
Personal details
Born 27 June 1953 (1953-06-27) (age 58)
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia

Michael Richard "Mitch" Williams (born 27 June 1953) is a South Australian Liberal politician and farmer.[1] He is currently the deputy opposition leader in the South Australian parliament. He resigned from the Liberal Party and was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop in the state's south east at the 1997 election as an independent, but re-joined the Liberal Party in 1999. He was re-elected in MacKillop as a Liberal at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections.

Political career

Williams was a member of the Liberal Party when he resigned in 1997 to run against Dale Baker as an independent. Williams took advantage of a public backlash against Mr Baker who was accused of impropriety over a forestry land deal. At the 1997 election Williams halved Mr Baker's primary vote and subsequently won the seat.[2]

Williams rejoined the Liberal Party in December 1999.[citation needed] He was safely re-elected in MacKillop at the 2002 and 2006 elections.[citation needed]

Williams was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia on 6 April 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mitch Williams MP State Member for Mackillop". Liberal Party of South Australia. 2010. http://www.saliberal.org.au/MembersCandidates/StateHouseofAssembly/MitchWilliamsMP.aspx. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 
  2. ^ ECSA: 1997 MacKillop results
  3. ^ "No ballot needed for SA Liberal deputy". ABC News Online (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 6 April 2010. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/06/2864903.htm. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 

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Political offices
Preceded by
Martin Hamilton-Smith
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
in South Australia

2010–present
Incumbent
Parliament of South Australia
Preceded by
Dale Baker
Member for MacKillop
1997–present
Incumbent



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