John Gardner (Australian politician)

For other people named John Gardner, see John Gardner (disambiguation).

John Gardner
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 March 2010
Preceded by	Lindsay Simmons
Constituency	Morialta
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Education	University of Adelaide
Profession	Politician

John Anthony William Gardner is an Australian politician representing the seat of Morialta in the South Australian House of Assembly for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 election.

The new seat of Morialta to replace Coles was won by Liberal incumbent Joan Hall on a two-party vote of 54.1 percent at the 2002 election. Labor's Lindsay Simmons defeated Hall at the 2006 election with 57.9 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.2-point post-redistribution swing. Gardner defeated Simmons at the 2010 election, receiving 54.1 percent of the two-party vote, an 11.1-point post-redistribution swing. He increased his two-party vote to 60 percent at the 2014 election.

Gardner had previously been a senior staffer for Christopher Pyne, Liberal MP for the federal seat of Sturt. Gardner currently lives in his childhood suburb of Rostrevor within the electorate of Morialta.

External links

• Parliamentary profile

South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by Lindsay Simmons	Member for Morialta 2010–present	Incumbent