Michael Pengilly
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Michael Redding Pengilly (born 13 June 1950) is an Australian politician who took over from retiring sitting member and former Premier Dean Brown
for the safe Liberal seat of Finniss
at the 2006 election
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Pengilly is a resident of Victor Harbor, and was formerly the Mayor of Kangaroo Island
as well as Chairman of the SA Country Fire Service
Board from 1995 to 2000. He was also the Chairman of the Hills Mallee and Southern Regional Health Service Board for 8 years.
The 2006 election saw Pengilly elected with a two-party margin of 6.5 percent, 9.1 percent less than under Dean Brown
. Pengilly recovered 5.8 percent of the two-party vote at the 2010 election.
Pengilly controversially labelled Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
a "dog" on social media site Twitter on 24 November 2011 following her increased parliamentary numbers in the House of Representatives
. He is at risk of losing Liberal preselection for his seat at the 2014 election
.
Dean Brown
Dean Craig Brown, AO was the Liberal Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002 to Rob Kerin.-Political career:...
for the safe Liberal seat of Finniss
Electoral district of Finniss
Finniss is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after Boyle Finniss, the first Premier of South Australia...
at the 2006 election
South Australian legislative election, 2006
The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006, and was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.-House of Assembly:...
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Pengilly is a resident of Victor Harbor, and was formerly the Mayor of Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is southwest of Adelaide at the entrance of Gulf St Vincent. Its closest point to the mainland is off Cape Jervis, on the tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the state of South Australia. The island is long...
as well as Chairman of the SA Country Fire Service
Country Fire Service
The SA Country Fire Service is a volunteer based fire service in the state of South Australia in Australia. Many parts of Australia are sparsely populated whilst at the same time they are under significant risk of bushfire. Due to economics, it is prohibitively expensive for each Australian town...
Board from 1995 to 2000. He was also the Chairman of the Hills Mallee and Southern Regional Health Service Board for 8 years.
The 2006 election saw Pengilly elected with a two-party margin of 6.5 percent, 9.1 percent less than under Dean Brown
Dean Brown
Dean Craig Brown, AO was the Liberal Premier of South Australia between 14 December 1993 and 28 November 1996, and Deputy Premier of South Australia between 22 October 2001 and 5 March 2002 to Rob Kerin.-Political career:...
. Pengilly recovered 5.8 percent of the two-party vote at the 2010 election.
Pengilly controversially labelled Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
a "dog" on social media site Twitter on 24 November 2011 following her increased parliamentary numbers in the House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
. He is at risk of losing Liberal preselection for his seat at the 2014 election
South Australian state election, 2014
The 2014 South Australian state election will elect members to the 53rd Parliament of South Australia on 15 March 2014. All seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose current members were elected at the 2010 election, and half the seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last...
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