John Gardner (Australian politician)
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John Anthony William Gardner is an Australia
n politician representing the seat of Morialta
in the South Australian House of Assembly
for the Liberal Party
since the 2010 election.
The new seat of Morialta
to replace Coles
was won by Liberal Party
incumbent Joan Hall
on a two-party vote of 54.1 percent at the 2002 election. Labor's
Lindsay Simmons
defeated Hall at the 2006 election with 57.9 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.2 percent post-redistribution swing. Gardner defeated Simmons at the 2010 election, receiving 54.1 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.1 percent post-redistribution swing.
Gardner had previously been a senior staffer for Christopher Pyne
, Liberal MP for the federal seat of Sturt
. Gardner currently lives in his childhood suburb of Rostrevor
within the electorate of Morialta.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician representing the seat of Morialta
Electoral district of Morialta
Morialta is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Morialta is derived from a Kaurna Aboriginal word "mariyatala", with "mari" meaning east and "yertala" meaning water...
in the South Australian House of Assembly
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 :...
for the Liberal Party
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...
since the 2010 election.
The new seat of Morialta
Electoral district of Morialta
Morialta is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Morialta is derived from a Kaurna Aboriginal word "mariyatala", with "mari" meaning east and "yertala" meaning water...
to replace Coles
Electoral district of Coles
Coles was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1970 to 2002. The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide....
was won by Liberal Party
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...
incumbent Joan Hall
Joan Hall
Joan Lynette Hall is a former member of the South Australian House of Assembly, serving in the electoral district of Coles from 1993 to 2002 and the renamed electoral district of Morialta from 2002 to 2006....
on a two-party vote of 54.1 percent at the 2002 election. Labor's
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...
Lindsay Simmons
Lindsay Simmons
Lindsay Anne Simmons is a former Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Morialta for the Australian Labor Party from her election in 2006 until the 2010 election.-Early life:...
defeated Hall at the 2006 election with 57.9 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.2 percent post-redistribution swing. Gardner defeated Simmons at the 2010 election, receiving 54.1 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.1 percent post-redistribution swing.
Gardner had previously been a senior staffer for Christopher Pyne
Christopher Pyne
Christopher Maurice Pyne, MP , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 13 March 1993, representing the Division of Sturt, South Australia.-Early years:...
, Liberal MP for the federal seat of Sturt
Division of Sturt
The Division of Sturt is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia.First proclaimed for the 1949 election, Sturt was named for Captain Charles Sturt, nineteenth century explorer and the first European to discover the Murray River...
. Gardner currently lives in his childhood suburb of Rostrevor
Rostrevor, South Australia
Rostrevor is a suburb of Adelaide within the City of Campbelltown and the Adelaide Hills Council. It is located about 10 kilometres east-north-east of the Adelaide city centre....
within the electorate of Morialta.