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Michael Richard "Mitch" Williams (born 27 June 1953) is a former deputy leader of the South Australian Liberal Party and farmer. He resigned from the Liberals and was elected to the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop in the state's south east at the 1997 election as an independent, but re-joined the Liberals in 1999. He has been re-elected in MacKillop as a Liberal since the 2002 election. ==Political career== Williams was a member of the Liberal Party when he resigned in 1997 to run against Dale Baker as an independent. Williams took advantage of a public backlash against Mr Baker who was accused of impropriety over a forestry land deal. At the 1997 election Williams halved Mr Baker's primary vote and subsequently won the seat.〔(ECSA: 1997 MacKillop results )〕 Williams rejoined the Liberal Party in December 1999. He was re-elected in MacKillop at subsequent elections. Williams was elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia on 6 April 2010. On 19 October 2012, Martin Hamilton-Smith announced he would be challenging Isobel Redmond for the parliamentary leadership of the South Australian Liberal Party, with Steven Marshall challenging Williams for the deputy leadership.〔(Ex SA Liberal leader wants top job back: ABC 19 October 2012 )〕 A partyroom ballot occurred on 23 October 2012, Redmond retained the leadership by one vote, however Marshall was elected to the deputy leadership after Williams withdrew at the last minute.〔(Daniel Wills analysis – Isobel Redmond wins battle against Martin Hamilton-Smith, but at what price?: AdelaideNow 23 October 2012 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitch Williams (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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