Electoral district of Mount Gambier
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Mount Gambier is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly
. It covers the southeast part of the state centered on the city and extinct volcano of Mount Gambier
.
The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution, but the name was not used between the 1991 and 1998 redistributions (the area was covered by Gordon
during that time).
It was held between 2002 and 2010 by Rory McEwen
, a former Liberal party member who missed out on preselection, so stood as an independent at the 1997 election. He first accepted Labor portfolios after the 2002 election when Labor reclaimed power, and was Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for State/Local Government Relations, and Minister for Forests in the Mike Rann
Labor
majority government from the 2006 elections to his retirement in 2010. McEwen was succeeded in the seat by another independent, Don Pegler
, who narrowly defeated the Liberal candidate.
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...
. It covers the southeast part of the state centered on the city and extinct volcano of Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier, South Australia
Mount Gambier is the largest regional city in South Australia located approximately 450 kilometres south of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres from the Victorian border....
.
The electorate was created in the 1936 redistribution, but the name was not used between the 1991 and 1998 redistributions (the area was covered by Gordon
Electoral district of Gordon (South Australia)
Gordon was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1993 to 2002. The district was based on and around the town of Mount Gambier....
during that time).
It was held between 2002 and 2010 by Rory McEwen
Rory McEwen
Rory McEwen , Australian politician, was the independent member for the seats of Gordon and Mount Gambier in the South Australian House of Assembly....
, a former Liberal party member who missed out on preselection, so stood as an independent at the 1997 election. He first accepted Labor portfolios after the 2002 election when Labor reclaimed power, and was Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for State/Local Government Relations, and Minister for Forests in the Mike Rann
Mike Rann
Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election...
Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
majority government from the 2006 elections to his retirement in 2010. McEwen was succeeded in the seat by another independent, Don Pegler
Don Pegler
Donald William "Don" Pegler is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the March 2010 election, representing the electorate of Mount Gambier....
, who narrowly defeated the Liberal candidate.
Members for Mount Gambier
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Fletcher | Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1938–1958 | |
| Ron Ralston | Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1958–1962 | |
| Allan Burdon | Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1962–1975 | |
| Harold Allison | Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1975–1993 | |
| Rory McEwen Rory McEwen Rory McEwen , Australian politician, was the independent member for the seats of Gordon and Mount Gambier in the South Australian House of Assembly.... |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
2002–2010 | |
| Don Pegler Don Pegler Donald William "Don" Pegler is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the March 2010 election, representing the electorate of Mount Gambier.... |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
2010–present | |
