Mitch Williams | |
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Deputy Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party | |
In office 6 April 2010 – 23 October 2012 | |
Leader | Isobel Redmond |
Preceded by | Martin Hamilton-Smith |
Succeeded by | Steven Marshall |
Member of the South Australian Parliament for MacKillop | |
In office 11 October 1997 – 17 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Dale Baker |
Succeeded by | Nick McBride |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Richard Williams 27 June 1953 |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) (prior to 1997, 1999–current) Independent (1997–1999) |
Michael Richard "Mitch" Williams (born 27 June 1953) is a farmer and former deputy leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia.[1] He resigned from the Liberals and was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop in the state's south east at the 1997 election as an independent, but he re-joined the Liberals in 1999. He retained the seat as a Liberal in 2002 and represented it until his retirement in 2018.