Corey Wingard

Corey Wingard
Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing
In office
22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 21 March 2022
PremierSteven Marshall
Preceded byLeon Bignell (as Minister for Recreation and Sport, and as Minister for Racing)
Succeeded byKatrine Hildyard
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
In office
29 July 2020 (2020-07-29) – 21 March 2022
PremierSteven Marshall
Preceded byStephan Knoll (as Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Local Government)
Succeeded byTom Koutsantonis
Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services
In office
22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 29 July 2020
PremierSteven Marshall
Preceded byChris Picton (as Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, and as Minister for Emergency Services)
Succeeded byVincent Tarzia
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Gibson
In office
17 March 2018 – 19 March 2022
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySarah Andrews
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Mitchell
In office
15 March 2014 – 17 March 2018
Preceded byAlan Sibbons
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
BornCleve, South Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA)
Alma materUniversity of South Australia
OccupationSports journalist[1]
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Corey Luke Wingard is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly from the 2014 state election, representing Mitchell until 2018 and Gibson until his defeat in 2022. Wingard served as the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. He was also Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing in the Marshall Ministry from 2018 to 2022.[2][3] He previously served as the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services.

Following a Cabinet reshuffle on 28 July 2020, Wingard was appointed the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and was sworn in on the following day.

He was the Minister when funding was secured to deliver the tunnel solution for the North South Corridor project in Adelaide.[4]

Wingard previously was a journalist and sports presenter for 20 years in Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide, ran a media advice company, and worked for senator Sean Edwards.[1]

Wingard graduated from the University of South Australia with a degree in exercise and sports. He worked for the SANFL before moving into television where he worked for the Nine Network on the Wide World of Sports and FOX Sports. He later joined Network 10 where he was a sports producer/presenter and was a host and commentator for major events such as the Commonwealth Games, IPL cricket, AFL and the National Basketball League.[1]

Wingard was cleared of misconduct by Premier Steven Marshall following the report of a private investigator after accusations of bullying and intimidatory behavior by Leah Cassidy, chief executive of Sport SA.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "Mitchell". 2014 SA election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ^ MacLennan, Leah (22 March 2018). "SA election: Who's who in the new South Australian Liberal Government?". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ "The South Australian Government Gazette, 22 March 2018, No. 20, Supplementary Gazette" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ^ Hartmann, Imogen (11 November 2020). "Final section of North-South Corridor in the works". Infrastructure Magazine. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Minister cleared of intimidating Sport SA boss but separate bullying allegations also aired in Parliament". ABC News. 9 September 2021.