Isobel Redmond

Isobel Redmond
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office 8 July 2009 – 31 January 2013
Premier	Mike Rann Jay Weatherill
Deputy	Steven Griffiths Martin Hamilton-Smith Mitch Williams Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Martin Hamilton-Smith
Succeeded by	Steven Marshall
Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party
In office 8 July 2009 – 31 January 2013
Deputy	Steven Griffiths Martin Hamilton-Smith Mitch Williams Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Martin Hamilton-Smith
Succeeded by	Steven Marshall
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party
In office 4 July 2009 – 8 July 2009
Leader	Martin Hamilton-Smith
Preceded by	Vickie Chapman
Succeeded by	Steven Griffiths
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Heysen
In office 9 February 2002 – 17 March 2018
Preceded by	David Wotton
Succeeded by	Josh Teague
Personal details
Born	Isobel Mary Redmond (1953-04-08) 8 April 1953 (age 71) Heathcote, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Spouse	Jim Redmond
Profession	Lawyer
Website	Personal website Party website

Isobel Mary Redmond (born 8 April 1953) is a former Australian politician who was the member for the electoral district of Heysen in the House of Assembly from 2002 to 2018. She was the parliamentary leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia and the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of South Australia between 2009 and 2013, and was the first female leader of a South Australian state major party. Under Redmond, the Liberals won 18 of 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly at the 2010 election, a gain of three from the 2006 election. She resigned as leader of the Liberal Party on 31 January 2013.^[1]