Mitch Williams (Australian politician)
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Michael Richard "Mitch" Williams (born 27 June 1953) is a South Australian Liberal
politician and farmer. He is currently the deputy opposition leader in the South Australian parliament. He resigned from the Liberal Party and was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop
in the state's south east at the 1997 election as an independent, but re-joined the Liberal Party in 1999. He was re-elected in MacKillop as a Liberal at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections.
as an independent. Williams took advantage of a public backlash against Mr Baker who was accused of impropriety over a forestry land deal. At the 1997 election Williams halved Mr Baker's primary vote and subsequently won the seat.
Williams rejoined the Liberal Party in December 1999. He was safely re-elected in MacKillop at the 2002 and 2006 elections.
Williams was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia on 6 April 2010.
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...
politician and farmer. He is currently the deputy opposition leader in the South Australian parliament. He resigned from the Liberal Party and was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop
Electoral district of MacKillop
MacKillop is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named in 1991 after Mary MacKillop , who served the local area, it is a 24,358.3 km² rural electorate in the south-east of the state, stretching from the mouth of the Murray River...
in the state's south east at the 1997 election as an independent, but re-joined the Liberal Party in 1999. He was re-elected in MacKillop as a Liberal at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 elections.
Political career
Williams was a member of the Liberal Party when he resigned in 1997 to run against Dale BakerDale Baker
Dale Spehr Baker is a former Australian politician, and was leader of the South Australian division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 1990 to 1992...
as an independent. Williams took advantage of a public backlash against Mr Baker who was accused of impropriety over a forestry land deal. At the 1997 election Williams halved Mr Baker's primary vote and subsequently won the seat.
Williams rejoined the Liberal Party in December 1999. He was safely re-elected in MacKillop at the 2002 and 2006 elections.
Williams was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia on 6 April 2010.