The 49th Parliament of South Australia was a meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.
Leadership Legislative Council Presiding officer President of the Legislative Council: Jamie Irwin Clerk of the Legislative Council: Janice Davis Deputy Clerk and Usher of the Black Rod: Trevor Blowes
Government leadership Leader of the Government: Rob Lucas
House of Assembly Presiding officer Speaker of the House of Assembly: John Oswald Chairman of Committees: David Wotton Clerk of the Legislative Council: Geoffrey Mitchell Deputy Clerk and Sergeant-at-arms: David Bridges
Government leadership Premier: John Olsen (until 22 October 2001), Rob Kerin (from 22 October 2001) Deputy Premier: Rob Kerin (until 22 October 2001), Dean Brown (from 22 October 2001) Government Whip: John Meier
Opposition leadership Leader of the Opposition: Mike Rann Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Annette Hurley Opposition Whip: Murray De Laine (until 15 August 2001), Robyn Geraghty (from 15 August 2001)
Party summary Legislative Council
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House of Assembly
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Membership Legislative Council
11 of the 22 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997. Members elected in 1997 are marked with an asterisk (*).
Terry Cameron* Trevor Crothers Legh Davis John Dawkins* Mike Elliott* Ian Gilfillan* Trevor Griffin Paul Holloway Jamie Irwin Sandra Kanck Diana Laidlaw*
Robert Lawson Rob Lucas* Carolyn Pickles Angus Redford Ron Roberts* Terry Roberts Caroline Schaefer Bob Sneath* Julian Stefani* Nick Xenophon* Carmel Zollo*
House of Assembly
All 47 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 11 October 1997.
Michael Armitage (Adelaide) Michael Atkinson (Spence) Frances Bedford (Florey) Lyn Breuer (Giles) Mark Brindal (Unley) Robert Brokenshire (Mawson) Dean Brown (Finniss) Malcolm Buckby (Light) Vini Ciccarello (Norwood) Ralph Clarke (Ross Smith) Steve Condous (Colton) Patrick Conlon (Elder) Murray De Laine (Price) Iain Evans (Davenport) Kevin Foley (Hart) Robyn Geraghty (Torrens)
Graham Gunn (Stuart) Joan Hall (Coles) Martin Hamilton-Smith (Waite) Kris Hanna (Mitchell) John Hill (Kaurna) Annette Hurley (Napier) Graham Ingerson (Bragg) Rob Kerin (Frome) Stephanie Key (Hanson) Dorothy Kotz (Newland) Tom Koutsantonis (Peake) Peter Lewis (Hammond) Wayne Matthew (Bright) Karlene Maywald (Chaffey) Rory McEwen (Gordon) John Meier (Goyder)
John Olsen (Kavel) John Oswald (Morphett) Liz Penfold (Flinders) Jennifer Rankine (Wright) Mike Rann (Ramsay) Joe Scalzi (Hartley) Jack Snelling (Playford) Lea Stevens (Elizabeth) Bob Such (Fisher) Gay Thompson (Reynell) Ivan Venning (Schubert) Trish White (Taylor) Mitch Williams (MacKillop) David Wotton (Heysen) Michael Wright (Lee)
Changes in membership Legislative Council Before Change AfterMember PartyTypeDateDateMember PartyTerry CameronLaborResigned from party25 July 1998Terry CameronIndependentTerry CameronIndependentNew party25 March 1999Terry CameronSA FirstTrevor CrothersLaborResigned from party3 June 1999Trevor CrothersIndependentGeorge WeatherillLaborResigned1 September 20004 October 2000Bob SneathLabor
House of Assembly Seat Before Change AfterMember PartyTypeDateDateMember PartyMacKillopMitch WilliamsIndependentJoined party6 December 1999Mitch WilliamsLiberalHammondPeter LewisLiberalExpelled from party6 July 2000Peter LewisIndependentFisherBob SuchLiberalResigned from party12 October 2000Bob SuchIndependentPriceMurray De LaineLaborResigned from party15 August 2001Murray De LaineIndependentRoss SmithRalph ClarkeLaborResigned from party27 November 2001Ralph ClarkeIndependent
See also Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 1997–2002 Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1997–2002
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