49th Parliament of South Australia
1997–2002 meeting of the South Australian Parliament
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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.
Legislative bodyParliament of South Australia
Meeting placeParliament House
Term2 December 1997 – 15 January 2002
Election11 October 1997
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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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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
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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
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
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.