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Minister for Trade and Investment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 29 July 2020 – 21 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier | Steven Marshall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | David Ridgway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Nick Champion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Morphett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 17 March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Duncan McFetridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayor of the City of Holdfast Bay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office November 2014 – March 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Ken Rollond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Amanda Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Stephen Patterson 4 January 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Adelaide | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Electrical engineer, small business owner, SANFL/AFL footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | stephenpatterson.com.au | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen John Rayden Patterson (born 4 January 1971) is an Australian politician, and a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL), and Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
He has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2018 state election, representing the Electoral district of Morphett. Patterson has served as the Minister for Trade and Investment in the Second Marshall Ministry between July 2020 and March 2022.[1] He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Energy and Net Zero, Shadow Minister for Mining and Shadow Minister for Defence and Space Industries in the First Speirs Shadow Ministry.[2]