 Hon. Peter Lewis Peter Lewis, Australian politician, was the Liberal member for the South Australian House of Assembly electorate of Hammond from 1979 until about 2000, then the Independent member for Hammond until 2006. His decision in 2002 to support the Australian Labor Party resulted in a Labor State Government led by Mike Rann. Image File history File links Peter_Lewis. ...
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Lewis was first elected in 1979, as a Liberal candidate. He quickly gained a reputation as a maverick, defying the party authorities on many an occasion. Prior to the 2002 state election, he was expelled from the party. He stood at the election under the banner of CLIC, the Community Leadership Independence Coalition in which three other candidates also ran for seats in the South Australian House of Assembly but failed.[1]. During the campaign, he denied a claim by the Liberal candidate that a vote for him was in effect a vote for Labor. The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of South Australia. ...
After the 2002 election he negoiated with both parties, then surprisingly put his support behind Labor, giving Labor the numbers to form government. In return, Labor agreed to implement some local concerns of Lewis, hold a Constitutional Convention, and make him Speaker of the House of Assembly. In Australian history, the term Constitutional Convention refers to four distinct gatherings. ...
Peter Lewis' support of Labor angered many conservatives. However it is notable that two conservative independents who criticised his decision - Rory McEwen and Karlene Maywald - later agreed to support the Rann government in return for cabinet positions. Rory McEwen, Independent Australian politician, is the MP for Mount Gambier and currently holds the portfolios for Agriculture Food and Fisheries as well as Forests, and is also a member of the executive council. ...
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As speaker, he earned widespread attention for his colourful style of regulating parliamentary debate. His desire to reform parliament led him to insist on the Rann government holding a Constitutional Convention. This was duly held in 2003 [2], but nothing came from it.
In late 2004, two child abuse advocates who operated through Lewis' office, Wendy Utting and Barry Standfield, received statutory declarations from eight people alleging child abuse and paedophilia against a prominent member of the Government, a former Liberal MP and senior public servants. Two of the people who made these allegations were found murdered in suburban Adelaide. An investigation by the Anti-Corruption branch of South Australia Police found the allegations could not be substantiated and Lewis admitted his standing as Speaker had "probably" been damaged and that he would consider his future if the allegations were found to be untruthful. On April 1, 2005, Utting released the names of the people who the allegations were made against, a release immediately suppressed by the Supreme Court. The Government demanded that Lewis resign or face dismissal. Lewis resigned as speaker on April 4, 2005, only 20 minutes before Parliament reconvened and he would have faced a dismissal motion. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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For the 2006 election, Lewis did not stand for his seat of Hammond, but instead stood as an independent for election to the Legislative Council. However he was not elected, only receiving about 0.6% of the vote [3] Legislative elections for State Parliament were held in South Australia on March 18, 2006. ...
Hammond is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. ...
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- High drama, low farce - Crikey report of the day Peter Lewis decided to support Mike Rann
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