- The Nationals South Australia
-
The Nationals SA Founded ? Headquarters 6-8 Crush Terrace
WAIKERIE SA 5330Ideology Conservatism International affiliation No affiliation Website The Nationals SA Politics of Australia
Political parties
ElectionsThe Nationals SA are a sub-division of the National Party of Australia. First contesting the 1965 state election, the party has only held two seats at alternating periods; Peter Blacker (1973-1993) in Flinders and Karlene Maywald (1997-2010) in Chaffey.
History
As the Liberal and Country League (the predecessor to the South Australian Liberal Party of Australia) descended from a historical merger from an earlier Country Party, the SA Nationals are not as dominant in rural areas as their eastern state counterparts. Karlene Maywald has been the MP for Chaffey since 1997 and The National SA's parliamentary leader. She was re-elected at the 2002 and 2006 state elections (three other candidates were fielded in Flinders, Finniss, and MacKillop), announcing that she would support whichever party won government, which happened to be a landslide to the Australian Labor Party. Maywald became a minister in the first term of the Rann government. and signed an agreement with Mike Rann and the Australian Labor Party for reserving the right to not vote with the government, whilst at the same time becoming the Minister for the River Murray amongst other portfolios to the benefit of her constituency. Positions accepted were Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Small Business, and later Minister for Water Security.[1] This informal ALP-NAT coalition (the first since 1935) caused uproar, with Christopher Pyne calling for Maywald's expulsion from the Nationals and Patrick Secker calling for a corruption enquiry in to the appointment - neither eventuated.[2] The party did not run candidates at the 2010 federal election.
References
- ^ "SA Labor deal promises Nats Cabinet position". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 March 2006. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1592679.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "SA Govt recruits National Party MP". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 July 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1160740.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
External links
Government of South Australia Executive 
Legislative Parliament • Legislative Council • House of Assembly • President of the Legislative Council • Speaker of the House of Assembly • MLCs • MHAs • Electoral districts • Opposition LeaderJudicial Supreme Court • District Court • Industrial Relations Court • Magistrates' Court • Coroner's Court • Other courts and tribunalsPolitics of Australia Commonwealth Queen · Governor-General · Prime Minister · Cabinet · Executive Council · Ministry · Foreign relations
Parliament · Senate · House of Representatives · Opposition Leader
High Court · Lower courts
Constitution Act · Statute of Westminster · Australia Act
Federal elections State/territory governments State/Territorial elections Most
recentNSW (2011 election) · Vic (2010 election) · Qld (2009 election) · WA (2008 election) · SA (2010 election) · Tas (2010 election) · ACT (2008 election) · NT (2008 election)
NextLocal government Political parties Categories:- National Party of Australia
- Political parties in South Australia
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
