49th Parliament of South Australia
| Forty-ninth Parliament of South Australia | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Parliament of South Australia | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Parliament House | ||||||||
| Term | 2 December 1997 – 15 January 2002 | ||||||||
| Election | 11 October 1997 | ||||||||
| Government | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
| Opposition | Labor | ||||||||
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| Members | Government (10)
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| President | Jamie Irwin, Liberal | ||||||||
| Leader of the Government | Rob Lucas | ||||||||
| Party control | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
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| Members | Government (22)
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| Speaker | John Oswald, Liberal | ||||||||
| Government Whip | John Meier | ||||||||
| Opposition Whip | Murray De Laine (until 15 August 2001) Robyn Geraghty (from 15 August 2001) | ||||||||
| Party control | Liberal (minority) | ||||||||
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The 49th Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.
Leadership
Legislative Council
Presiding officer
- President of the Legislative Council: Jamie Irwin
- Clerk of the Legislative Council: Janice Davis
- Deputy Clerk and Usher of the Black Rod: Trevor Blowes
Government leadership
House of Assembly
Presiding officer
- Speaker of the House of Assembly: John Oswald
- Chairman of Committees: David Wotton
- Clerk of the Legislative Council: Geoffrey Mitchell
- Deputy Clerk and Sergeant-at-arms: David Bridges
Government leadership
- Premier: John Olsen (until 22 October 2001), Rob Kerin (from 22 October 2001)
- Deputy Premier: Rob Kerin (until 22 October 2001), Dean Brown (from 22 October 2001)
- Government Whip: John Meier
Opposition leadership
- Leader of the Opposition: Mike Rann
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Annette Hurley
- Opposition Whip: Murray De Laine (until 15 August 2001), Robyn Geraghty (from 15 August 2001)
Party summary
Legislative Council
6 Labor
Liberal 10
1 SA First
| Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||||
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| ALP | IND | SAF | NOP | DEM | LIB | |||
| End of previous Parliament | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 22 | 0 |
| Start (2 December 1997) | 8 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 0 |
| 25 July 1998 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 25 March 1999 | – | 1 | ||||||
| 3 June 1999 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 1 September 2000 | 5 | 21 | 1 | |||||
| 4 October 2000 | 6 | 22 | 0 | |||||
| Latest voting share % | 27.27 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 13.64 | 45.45 | ||
House of Assembly
19 Labor
National 1
Liberal 22
| Affiliation | Party (shading shows control) | Total | Vacant | |||
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| ALP | IND | LIB | NAT | |||
| End of previous Parliament | 11 | – | 36 | – | 47 | 0 |
| Start (2 December 1997) | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 47 | 0 |
| 6 December 1999 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| 6 July 2000 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| 12 October 2000 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 15 August 2001 | 20 | 4 | ||||
| 27 November 2001 | 19 | 5 | ||||
| Latest voting share % | 40.43 | 10.64 | 46.81 | 2.13 | ||
Membership
Legislative Council
11 of the 22 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997. Members elected in 1997 are marked with an asterisk (*).
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House of Assembly
All 47 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997.
Changes in membership
Legislative Council
| Before | Change | After | ||||||
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| Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | ||
| Terry Cameron | Labor | Resigned from party | 25 July 1998 | Terry Cameron | Independent | |||
| Terry Cameron | Independent | New party | 25 March 1999 | Terry Cameron | SA First | |||
| Trevor Crothers | Labor | Resigned from party | 3 June 1999 | Trevor Crothers | Independent | |||
| George Weatherill | Labor | Resigned | 1 September 2000 | 4 October 2000 | Bob Sneath | Labor | ||
House of Assembly
| Seat | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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| Member | Party | Type | Date | Date | Member | Party | |||
| MacKillop | Mitch Williams | Independent | Joined party | 6 December 1999 | Mitch Williams | Liberal | |||
| Hammond | Peter Lewis | Liberal | Expelled from party | 6 July 2000 | Peter Lewis | Independent | |||
| Fisher | Bob Such | Liberal | Resigned from party | 12 October 2000 | Bob Such | Independent | |||
| Price | Murray De Laine | Labor | Resigned from party | 15 August 2001 | Murray De Laine | Independent | |||
| Ross Smith | Ralph Clarke | Labor | Resigned from party | 27 November 2001 | Ralph Clarke | Independent | |||
See also
- Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1997–2002
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1997–2002
Notes
References
- "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.