Mitch Williams (politician)

Mitch Williams
Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
In office
6 April 2010  23 October 2012
LeaderIsobel Redmond
Preceded byMartin Hamilton-Smith
Succeeded bySteven Marshall
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for MacKillop
In office
11 October 1997  17 March 2018
Preceded byDale Baker
Succeeded byNick McBride
Personal details
Born
Michael Richard Williams

(1953-06-27) 27 June 1953
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (SA) (prior to 1997, 1999–current)
Independent (1997–1999)

Michael Richard "Mitch" Williams (born 27 June 1953) is a farmer and former deputy leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. 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 he re-joined the Liberals in 1999. He retained the seat as a Liberal in 2002 and represented it until his retirement in 2018.