Isobel Redmond

Isobel Redmond
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office
8 July 2009 – 31 January 2013
PremierMike Rann
Jay Weatherill
DeputySteven Griffiths
Martin Hamilton-Smith
Mitch Williams
Steven Marshall
Preceded byMartin Hamilton-Smith
Succeeded bySteven Marshall
Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
8 July 2009 – 31 January 2013
DeputySteven Griffiths
Martin Hamilton-Smith
Mitch Williams
Steven Marshall
Preceded byMartin Hamilton-Smith
Succeeded bySteven Marshall
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
4 July 2009 – 8 July 2009
LeaderMartin Hamilton-Smith
Preceded byVickie Chapman
Succeeded bySteven Griffiths
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Heysen
In office
9 February 2002 – 17 March 2018
Preceded byDavid Wotton
Succeeded byJosh Teague
Personal details
Born
Isobel Mary Redmond

(1953-04-08) 8 April 1953 (age 71)
Heathcote, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA)
SpouseJim Redmond
ProfessionLawyer
WebsitePersonal 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]

  1. ^ Martin, Sarah. (31 January 2013). "Isobel Redmond quits as South Australian opposition leader". The Australian. Retrieved 31 January 2013.