Lindsay Simmons
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Lindsay Anne Simmons is a former Australia
n 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.
. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Certificate in Education, a Masters in Psychology, and is a Justice of the Peace. After University, she taught in a large Comprehensive School in inner London
, before becoming Headmistress of St Marys Convent in Cambridge
.
After emigrating to South Australia, she taught at both St Ignatius Secondary School
and St Francis of Assisi Junior Schools before making a change to health, community and disability sectors. She has been CEO of the Playgroup Association of SA, Blind Welfare Association, Cystic Fibrosis Association, Autism SA and State Manager of Council on the Ageing.
Simmons has also represented South Australia on many national bodies including State Representative on the National Women's Consultative Committee and National Council for International Year of the Family. She is also a former lay member of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal. Simmons has three children.
candidate for the division of Sturt
against Liberal
incumbent Christopher Pyne
at the 2001 federal election but was unsuccessful. Generally occupying the same area as Sturt, the new state seat of Morialta
to replace Coles
was won by Liberal incumbent Joan Hall
on a two-party vote of 54.1 percent at the 2002 election. Simmons contested the seat for Labor and defeated Hall at the 2006 election with 57.9 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.2 percent post-redistribution swing. It was the first time a Labor candidate had won Morialta or Coles since Des Corcoran
at the 1975 election
.
Simmons' major Committee contribution was on the Social Development Committee, chaired by Ian Hunter
, which spanned her time in parliament. Simmons also served on the Statutory Officers Committee, the Standing Orders Committee, and the Public Works Committee.
In 2009 Simmons lobbied the South Australian Government and the Department of Environment and Heritage to secure a portion of land located adjacent to the Morialta Conservation Park to be purchased to become part of the park. She was successful with the purchase taking place later that year.
Simmons was defeated at the 2010 election by Liberal Party candidate John Gardner
who received 54.1 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.1 percent post-redistribution swing.
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 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 :...
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...
for the 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...
from her election in 2006 until the 2010 election.
Early life
Simmons was born in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Certificate in Education, a Masters in Psychology, and is a Justice of the Peace. After University, she taught in a large Comprehensive School in inner London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, before becoming Headmistress of St Marys Convent in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
.
After emigrating to South Australia, she taught at both St Ignatius Secondary School
Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide
The College has two campuses, the Junior school and Early Childhood Centre in Norwood and the Senior campus in Athelstone.Saint Ignatius' College is part of the international network of Jesuit schools which began in Messina, Sicily in 1548...
and St Francis of Assisi Junior Schools before making a change to health, community and disability sectors. She has been CEO of the Playgroup Association of SA, Blind Welfare Association, Cystic Fibrosis Association, Autism SA and State Manager of Council on the Ageing.
Simmons has also represented South Australia on many national bodies including State Representative on the National Women's Consultative Committee and National Council for International Year of the Family. She is also a former lay member of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal. Simmons has three children.
Parliament
Simmons first ran as a LaborAustralian 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...
candidate for the division 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...
against Liberal
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 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:...
at the 2001 federal election but was unsuccessful. Generally occupying the same area as Sturt, the new state 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 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. Simmons contested the seat for Labor and defeated Hall at the 2006 election with 57.9 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.2 percent post-redistribution swing. It was the first time a Labor candidate had won Morialta or Coles since Des Corcoran
Des Corcoran
James Desmond "Des" Corcoran AO was an Australian politician. He was the 37th Premier of South Australia, serving between 15 February 1979 and 18 September 1979....
at the 1975 election
South Australian state election, 1975
State elections were held in Australia on 12 July 1975. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition Bruce...
.
Simmons' major Committee contribution was on the Social Development Committee, chaired by Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter (politician)
Ian Keith Hunter is an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2006 state election...
, which spanned her time in parliament. Simmons also served on the Statutory Officers Committee, the Standing Orders Committee, and the Public Works Committee.
In 2009 Simmons lobbied the South Australian Government and the Department of Environment and Heritage to secure a portion of land located adjacent to the Morialta Conservation Park to be purchased to become part of the park. She was successful with the purchase taking place later that year.
Simmons was defeated at the 2010 election by Liberal Party candidate John Gardner
John Gardner (Australian politician)
John Anthony William Gardner is an Australian politician representing the seat of Morialta in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party since the 2010 election....
who received 54.1 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.1 percent post-redistribution swing.