Mitch Williams (politician)
Mitch Williams | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party | |
| In office 6 April 2010 – 23 October 2012 | |
| Leader | Isobel Redmond |
| Preceded by | Martin Hamilton-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Steven Marshall |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for MacKillop | |
| In office 11 October 1997 – 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Dale Baker |
| Succeeded by | Nick McBride |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Richard Williams 27 June 1953 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal 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.