Leon Bignell
| The Honourable Leon Bignell |
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| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Mawson |
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| Assumed office 18 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Brokenshire |
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| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
Leon William Kennedy Bignell (born 1966), Australian politician, is the member for Mawson representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2006 election.
Background
Bignell was a high-profile ABC sports reporter and later a media adviser to Pat Conlon.
Parliament
Bignell finished ahead of incumbent Liberal member Robert Brokenshire with a 52.2 percent two party preferred vote at the 2006 state election, delivering Mawson to Labor for the first time since it was lost in the 1993 election landslide. He increased his two-party-preferred vote to 54.4 percent at the 2010 election and to 55.6 percent at the 2014 election.
Bignell is affectionately known as "Biggles" in media circles, and was once caught drawing caricatures of his opposition colleagues while in the chamber.[1] Bignell was engaged to Labor colleague and member for Bright Chloë Fox between March 2006 and March 2007.[2]
He is aligned with Labor's left faction.[3]
Cabinet
He entered cabinet in January 2013 as the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport and Minister for Racing in the Weatherill Labor cabinet.
Current portfolios
Bignell represents the following portfolios in the Cabinet of South Australia:[4]
- Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
- Minister for Forests
- Minister for Tourism
- Minister for Recreation and Sport
- Minister for Racing
References
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| South Australian House of Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by | Member for Mawson 2006–present |
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- Living people
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- Labor Left politicians
- ABC journalists associated with the Australian Labor Party
