Martin Hamilton-Smith

Martin Hamilton-Smith
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office
12 April 2007 – 8 July 2009
PremierMike Rann
DeputyVickie Chapman
Isobel Redmond
Preceded byIain Evans
Succeeded byIsobel Redmond
Minister for Investment and Trade
In office
27 May 2014 – 17 January 2018
PremierJay Weatherill
Preceded bySusan Close (as Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade)
Minister for Small Business
In office
19 January 2016 – 17 January 2018
PremierJay Weatherill
Preceded byTom Koutsantonis
Minister for Defence and Space Industries
In office
27 May 2014 – 17 January 2018
PremierJay Weatherill
Preceded byJack Snelling
Minister for Health Industries
In office
18 September 2017 – 18 January 2018
PremierJay Weatherill
Preceded byOffice created
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
In office
27 May 2014 – 18 January 2018
PremierJay Weatherill
Preceded byZoe Bettison
Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
12 April 2007 – 8 July 2009
DeputyVickie Chapman
Isobel Redmond
Preceded byIain Evans
Succeeded byIsobel Redmond
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
30 March 2010 – 6 April 2010
LeaderIsobel Redmond
Preceded bySteven Griffiths
Succeeded byMitch Williams
Minister for Innovation
In office
4 December 2001 – 5 March 2002
PremierRob Kerin
Preceded bynone (created)[1]
Succeeded bynone (abolished)[2]
Minister for Tourism
In office
4 December 2001 – 5 March 2002
PremierRob Kerin
Preceded byRob Kerin[1]
Succeeded byMike Rann[2]
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Waite
In office
11 October 1997 – 17 March 2018
Preceded byStephen Baker
Succeeded bySam Duluk
Personal details
Born
Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith

(1953-12-01) 1 December 1953 (age 70)
Adelaide, South Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA) (1997–2014)
Independent (2014–2018)
SpouseStavroula Raptis
Alma materRoyal Military College, Duntroon
University of New South Wales
University of Adelaide
WebsiteMartinHamilton-Smith.com.au
Military service
AllegianceAustralia
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1971–1995
RankLieutenant Colonel
CommandsAustralian contingent of the Multinational Force and Observers
1st Commando Regiment
Battles/warsSecond Malayan Emergency

Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith (born 1 December 1953) is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Waite from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. First elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party, Hamilton-Smith was the state parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009, and a Minister in the Kerin Liberal government from 2001 to 2002.

He became an independent two months after the 2014 election. He served as the Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Weatherill Labor cabinet from May 2014 until January 2018 and Minister for Space Industries and Minister for Health Industries from September 2017 until January 2018.

Hamilton-Smith announced on 6 January 2018 that he would not seek re-election in the 2018 election.[3]

  1. ^ a b "The South Australian Government Gazette – Extraordinary Gazette No. 161 (2001)" (PDF). Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "The South Australian Government Gazette – Extraordinary Gazette No. 30 (2002)" (PDF). Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ^ "SA minister to quit politics". SBS News. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.