Dan Cregan
Dan Cregan | |
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| Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly | |
| Assumed office 13 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Josh Teague |
| Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Kavel | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Goldsworthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Roy Cregan 1983/1984 (age 37–38)[1] |
| Political party | Independent (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal Party of Australia (2018–2021) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Daniel Roy Cregan is an Australian lawyer and politician who has served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly since 12 October 2021.[2] He has represented Kavel in the House of Assembly since the 2018 South Australian state election.[3] Elected as a member of the Liberal Party, he resigned from the Liberal Party and moved to the crossbench on 8 October 2021.[1]
Early life[]
Cregan grew up in South Australia and Western Australia, attending the University of Adelaide, where he was active in student politics, including as a director of the Adelaide University Union and as president of the Adelaide University Law Students' Society. He also rowed for the Adelaide University Boat Club First VIII.
Cregan received a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust bursary to study law at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Career[]
After graduating, Cregan was appointed judge's associate to John Doyle AC QC (Chief Justice of South Australia) and left that role to serve as an in Jakarta.
Later, Cregan joined the graduate program at Allens Linklaters where he became a in the firm's disputes and investigations team.
Cregan also held a number of board appointments with the Australian Property Institute and as a director of a family company.
Parliamentary service[]
Following the election of Steven Marshall's government in March 2018, Cregan was made chair of the South Australian Public Works Committee and was later appointed Premier's Advocate for Suicide Prevention and Community Resilience.
On 8 October 2021, Cregan announced he had resigned from the Liberal Party and would move to the crossbench with immediate effect. He said that the Marshall government had failed to plan for massive population growth in the Adelaide Hills.[1]
After Cregan moved to the cross bench, the House of Assembly voted to amend South Australia’s Constitution to require an independent Speaker based on the Westminster tradition in the House of Commons.
In a late-night sitting of parliament on 13 October 2021, five days after leaving the Liberal Party and following passage in the House of a Bill to change South Australia’s Constitution Act to require an independent speaker,[4] Cregan won a secret ballot of members to be elected as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c Starick, Paul (8 October 2021). "Premier Steven Marshall hit by shock defection of Liberal MP Dan Cregan to crossbench". The Advertiser. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ a b "SA government rocked as Liberal defector Dan Cregan seizes speakership in late-night parliament sitting". ABC News. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Mr Dan Cregan". Parliament of South Australia.
- ^ https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/lz?path=%2FB%2FCURRENT%2FCONSTITUTION%20(INDEPENDENT%20SPEAKER)%20AMENDMENT%20BILL%202021_FRANCES%20BEDFORD%20MP
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