Candidates of the 2018 South Australian state election explained

This is a list of candidates of the 2018 South Australian state election. The election was held on 17 March 2018.

Retiring MPs

Labor

• Michael Atkinson MHA (Croydon)^[1]
• Paul Caica MHA (Colton)^[2]
• Steph Key MHA (Ashford)^[1]
• Jennifer Rankine MHA (Wright)^[1]
• Jack Snelling MHA (Playford)^[3]
• Leesa Vlahos MHA (Taylor)^[4]
• Gail Gago MLC^[5]
• John Gazzola MLC^[6]

Liberal

• Mark Goldsworthy MHA (Kavel)^[7]
• Steven Griffiths MHA (Goyder)^[8]
• Michael Pengilly MHA (Finniss)^[7]
• Isobel Redmond MHA (Heysen)^[7]
• Mitch Williams MHA (MacKillop)^[7]

Independent

• Martin Hamilton-Smith MHA (Waite)^[9]

House of Assembly

Sitting members of the South Australian House of Assembly are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour; where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	SA-BEST candidate	Greens candidate	Conservatives candidate	Dignity candidate	Other candidates
		Jo Chapley		Rachel Sanderson				Betty-Jean Price
				Lachlan Clyne	Kate Bickford	Stef Rozitis	Robyn Munro	Lily Durkin	John Woodward (Ind)
		Randall Wilson		David Speirs		Dami Barnes	Lionel Zschech	Anastasia Svetlichny	Rob de Jonge (Ind)
		Rick Sarre		Vickie Chapman		Neil Zwaans		Taylah Neagle
		Sim Singh-Malhi		Tim Whetstone	Michelle Campbell	Philip Pointer	Trevor Scott	Richard Challis
			Jay Weatherill	Penny Pratt	John Noonan	Steffi Medrow		Madeline McCaul	Vincent Scali (Ind)
		Angela Vaughan			Jassmine Wood	Paul Petherick		Ted Evans
				Daria Hextell	Julia Karpathakis	Nathan Lange	Rachael Runner	Lucy McGinley	Gabor Gesti (DPA) Millie Hammerstein (AJP) Michael Lesiw (Ind)
		Jonette Thorsteinsen			Karen Hockley	John Photakis			Dan Golding (Ind)
		Matt Loader		Steven Marshall	Jack Noonan	Harriet de Kok
		Annabel Digance			Michael Slattery	Jody Moate	Shawn Van Groesen	Nick Schumi
			Lee Odenwalder	Sharka Byrne	Phil Gallasch	Wendy Morgan	John Mathiesen
			John Rau	Deepa Mathew	Carol Martin	Cassie Alvey	Steve Edmonds	Emma Cresdee
		Russell Skinner			Joe Hill	Marc Mullette	Bruce Hicks
		Julie Watson		Peter Treloar		Ian Dudley	Anthony Parker
		Rik Morris	Gagan Sharma		Adam Gatt	John Peake	Suzi Waechter		Frances Bedford (Ind) Geoff Russell (AJP)
		Annette Elliot	Kendall Jackson		Paul Birkwood		Cat Connor		Geoff Brock (Ind)
		Matthew Carey		Corey Wingard		Gwydion Rozitisolds		Garry Connor
			Eddie Hughes	Mark Walsh	Tom Antonio	Anna Taylor	Cheryl Kaminski	Cyanne Westerman
		Mat O'Brien		Adrian Pederick	Kelly Gladigau	Simon Hope	Declan Paton
				Vincent Tarzia		Lauren Zwaans	Bob Jackson	Rick Neagle	Marijka Ryan (Ind)
		Tony Webb			John Illingworth	Lynton Vonow	Lynette Stevenson	Andrew Ey
			Nat Cook	Aaron Duff	Michael O'Brien	Nikki Mortier	Bruce Malcolm	Donovan Cresdee
			Chris Picton	Simon McMahon		Sean Cullen-MacAskill
		Glen Dallimore			Andrew Stratford	Ian Grosser	Howard Hollow	Cristina Rodert	Louise Pfeiffer (AJP)
		Julie Duncan			Giles Rositano	Damon Adams	Gary Balfort
			Stephen Mullighan	Steven Rypp	Andy Legrand	Patrick O'Sullivan	Vicki Jessop	Tiffany Littler	Aristidis Kerpelis (DPA)
			Tony Piccolo	Karen McColl		Felicity Green	Carl Teusner
		Hilary Wigg			Tracy Hill	Donella Peters	Richard Bateman		Jon Ey (Ind)
			Leon Bignell	Andy Gilfillan	Hazel Wainwright	Ami-Louise Harrison	Heidi Greaves
		Peter Field		John Gardner	James Sadler	Simon Roberts-Thomson	Matt Smith	Tim Farrow	Peter Smythe (Ind)
		Mark Siebentritt			Simon Jones	Chris Crabbe		Monica Kwan
		Isabel Scriven	Craig Marsh	Kate Amoroso	Gavin Clarke	Gregg Bisset	Lance Jones		Troy Bell (Ind) Richard Sage (Ind)
		Douglas Milera			Sam Davies	Jason Swales	Rebecca Hewett
		Tom Kenyon			Rajini Vasan	Stephanie Stewart	Martin Leedham	Sandra Williams	Shane Bailey (Ind)
				Hemant Dave		Brock Le Cerf	Shane Sheoran
			Susan Close	Chad McLaren	Gary Johanson	Danica Moors	Bruce Hambour	Bryan Tingey	Nicholas Hancock (AJP) Peter Matthews (DPA)
			Zoe Bettison	Nick Charles	Tarnia George	Brett Ferris	Domenico Ialeggio		Mark Aldridge (Ind)
			Katrine Hildyard		Joanne Mausolf	Daniel Jury	David Sires	Anna Tree
		David Haebich		Stephan Knoll	Paul Brown	Dave Irving	Rikki Lambert
		Khatija Thomas		Dan van Holst Pellekaan		Brendan Fitzgerald
			Jon Gee	Sarika Sharma	Sonja Taylor	Kate Randell	Danny Bradley
			Dana Wortley	Therese Kenny		Alex Dinovitser		John Duthie
		Geoff Phillips		David Pisoni	Anthony Olivier	John Wishart		Anne Watkins	Dario Centrella (SPGN)
		Catherine Hutchesson		Sam Duluk	Graham Davies	Brendan White	John Duncan	Cathi Tucker
			Tom Koutsantonis	Helika Cruz			Livio Forza		Phillip Beddall	Josh Dimas (DPA)
				Luigi Mesisca	Natasha Henningsen	Jennifer Harness	Eric Dennis

Legislative Council

Sitting members of the South Australian Legislative Council are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one member are highlighted in the relevant colour and successful candidates are indicated with an asterisk (*). Eleven of twenty-two seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending four seats. The Liberals was defending four seats. The Greens, Australian Conservatives (who absorbed Family First since the last election) and Dignity Party were each defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	SA Best candidates	Greens candidates	Conservatives candidates	Dignity candidates
valign=top	Emily Bourke Justin Hanson Irene Pnevmatikos Clare Scriven Trimann Gill Christina Lien	valign=top	David Ridgway Stephen Wade Terry Stephens Jing Lee Bernadette Abraham Clementina Maione	valign=top	Connie Bonaros Frank Pangallo Sam Johnson Andrea Madeley Peter Vincent	valign=top	Tammy Franks Matt Farrell Ashley Sutherland Rosa Hillam Kate Wylie	valign=top	Robert Brokenshire Nicolle Jachmann	valign=top	Kelly Vincent Diana Bleby Ryan Mann Esther Simbi
Advance SA candidates	AJP candidates	LDP candidates	SPGN candidates	CPP candidates	Group L candidates
valign=top	Peter Humphries Jenny Low	valign=top	Angela Martin Wendy Davey	valign=top	Michael Noack Stephen Humble	valign=top	Bob Couch Michael Roberts	valign=top	Tony Tonkin Nadia Bergineti	valign=top	Amrik Singh Thandi MJ Thandi
Ungrouped candidates
valign=top	Gail Kilby (Ind) John Le Raye (DPA) Luke Koumi (Ind)	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

See also

• Candidates of the South Australian state election, 2014

References

• House of Assembly candidates
• Legislative Council candidates
• Labor candidates: sa.alp.org.au
• Liberal candidates: saliberal.org.au
• SA Best candidates: sabest.org.au
• Green candidates: greens.org.au
• Dignity candidates: dignityparty.org.au
• Conservative candidates: conservatives.org.au
• Election guide: pollbludger.net

External links

• Electoral Commission SA: 2018 State Election
• ABC Elections: SA Election 2018
• SA election calculator

Notes and References

1. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/state-labor-mps-michael-atkinson-jennifer-rankine-and-steph-key-quitting-politics-at-next-election/news-story/a2e1c19941c8e192924cfc63e2e115a5 State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017
2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-08/jack-snelling-florey-electorate-fight-with-frances-bedford/8250642 Paul Caica to retire: ABC 8 February 2017
3. News: SA Health Minister Jack Snelling resigns from Cabinet and will not contest March election . . 17 September 2017 . 17 September 2017.
4. Web site: SA election: Labor MP Leesa Vlahos will not contest March poll. 15 February 2018. ABC News (Australia). 15 February 2018.
5. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-15/gail-gago-resigns-from-sa-cabinet-jay-weatherill/7090126 Gail Gago resigns as South Australian employment minister: ABC 15 December 2016
6. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/labor-upper-house-mlc-john-gazzola-to-retire-from-politics-at-next-election/news-story/cfd448c347315592c1271cf27c7d9afa Labor Upper House MLC John Gazzola to retire from politics at next election: The Advertiser 14 February 2017
7. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/former-liberal-leader-isobel-redmond-will-retire-at-the-2018-state-election/news-story/5ea49b8a6929d6e47e5533dbd9aa0af5 Former Liberal leader Isobel Redmond will retire at the 2018 state election: The Advertiser 18 January 2017
8. News: Former Lib high-flyer joins exit queue as party seeks to end "natural gerrymander" . Solstice Media . InDaily . 14 February 2017 . Tom . Richardson . 14 February 2017.
9. Web site: South Australian Trade and Investment Minister and former opposition leader Martin Hamilton-Smith is quitting politics . . 6 January 2018 . 6 January 2018.