title: Candidates of the 2010 South Australian state election
text: # Candidates of the 2010 South Australian state election
  
  This is a list of candidates of the 2010 South Australian state election.
  
  ## Retiring MPs
  
  ### Liberal
  
  * Graham Gunn MHA (Stuart)
  * Liz Penfold MHA (Flinders)
  * Robert Lawson MLC
  * Caroline Schaefer MLC
  
  ### Labor
  
  * Lea Stevens MHA (Little Para)
  * Trish White MHA (Taylor)
  
  ### Independent
  
  * Rory McEwen MHA (Mount Gambier)
  
  ## House of Assembly
  
  Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
  
  | Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Liberal candidate | Greens candidate | Family First candidate | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Adelaide | Labor | Jane Lomax-Smith | Rachel Sanderson | Brett Ferris | Laury Bais | Nick Apostolou (FLT) Tom Birdseye (G4C) Shaun McGrath (FREE) Samantha Paior (D4D) Reuben Sebben (SRAH) |
  | Ashford | Labor | Stephanie Key | Penny Pratt | Jennifer Bonham | Robyn Munro | |
  | Bragg | Liberal | Ben Dineen | Vickie Chapman | Brendan Fitzgerald | Nick Zollo | |
  | Bright | Labor | Chloë Fox | Maria Kourtesis | Graham Goss | Kevin Cramp | Nick Kalogiannis (FLT) Shane Roos (Ind) Meredith Louise Stock (SRAH) |
  | Chaffey | National | Roland Telfer | Tim Whetstone | James Jordan | Jack Papageorgiou | Karlene Maywald (Nat) David Peake (Ind) |
  | Cheltenham | Labor | Jay Weatherill | James Bourke | Paul Downton | Walter Shigrov | Henrietta Child (Ind) |
  | Colton | Labor | Paul Caica | Peter Morichovitis | Jim Douglas | Dennis Power | Yiannis Stamos (FLT) |
  | Croydon | Labor | Michael Atkinson | Zack McLennan | James Hickey | Alex Tennikoff | Max Galanti (Ind) Kat Nicholson (G4C) Shaun Yates (Dem) |
  | Davenport | Liberal | James Wangmann | Iain Evans | Nat Elliott | Natasha Burfield | Robert De Jonge (Ind) Bridgid Medder (Dem) |
  | Elder | Labor | Patrick Conlon | Ben Turner | Daryl Bullen | Wendy Hay | Greg Croke (Dem) |
  | Enfield | Labor | John Rau | Luke Westley | Robert Simms | Brett Dewey | Andrew Stanko (Ind) |
  | Finniss | Liberal | Mary-Louise Corcoran | Michael Pengilly | Diane Atkinson | Bruce Hicks | Maris Zalups (Ind) |
  | Fisher | Independent | Adriana Christopoulos | Christopher Moriarty | Penny Wright | Trish Nolan | Bob Such (Ind) |
  | Flinders | Liberal | Tauto Sansbury | Peter Treloar | Felicity Wright | Grant Wilson | Wilbur Klein (Nat) |
  | Florey | Labor | Frances Bedford | Patrick Trainor | Craig McKay | Andrew Graham | Denes Marantos (SRAH) |
  | Frome | Independent | John Rohde | Terry Boylan | Joy O'Brien | John McComb | Geoff Brock* (Ind) Max Van Dissel (SRAH) |
  | Giles | Labor | Lyn Breuer | Chad Oldfield | Andrew Melville-Smith | Cheryl Kaminski | |
  | Goyder | Liberal | Christopher Hansford | Steven Griffiths | Joy Forrest | Jill Lawrie | Dave Munro (FREE) |
  | Hammond | Liberal | Hannah Macleod | Adrian Pederick | Mark Byrne | Joanne Fosdike | |
  | Hartley | Labor | Grace Portolesi | Joe Scalzi | Keith Oehme | Sue Neal | Mark Freer (DLP) Natasha Marona (FLT) Robert Waltham (SRAH) |
  | Heysen | Liberal | Stephanie Gheller | Isobel Redmond | Lynton Vonow | John Day | Andrew Castrique (Dem) |
  | Kaurna | Labor | John Hill | Trisha Bird | Yvonne Wenham | James Chappell | Marie Nicholls (Dem) Jason Wuttke (FREE) |
  | Kavel | Liberal | John Fulbrook | Mark Goldsworthy | Ian Grosser | Colin Croft | Kathy Brazher-Delaine (Dem) |
  | Lee | Labor | Michael Wright | Sue Gow | Yesha Joshi | Richard Bunting | Bob Briton (Ind) Joe Rossi (Ind) Colin Thomas (Ind) |
  | Light | Labor | Tony Piccolo | Cosie Costa | Penny Johnston | Tony Bates | Matt Allpress (G4C) Lachlan Hetherington (FLT) Simon Stewart-Rattray (SRAH) |
  | Little Para | Labor | Lee Odenwalder | Franz Knoll | Paul Sharpe | David Somerville | |
  | MacKillop | Liberal | Simone McDonnell | Mitch Williams | Andrew Jennings | Jenene Childs | Darren O'Halloran (Ind) |
  | Mawson | Labor | Leon Bignell | Matthew Donovan | Palitja Moore | Andrew Tainsh | Ben Ernst (G4C) Michael Lee (Ind) David Senior (SRAH) Harry Tsekouras (FLT) |
  | Mitchell | Independent | Alan Sibbons | Peta McCance | Jeremy Miller | Colin Gibson | Kris Hanna (Ind) |
  | Morialta | Labor | Lindsay Simmons | John Gardner | Scott Andrews | Elizabeth Smit | Peter Maddern (SRAH) |
  | Morphett | Liberal | Tim Looker | Duncan McFetridge | Jack Robbins | Helen Zafiriou | |
  | Mount Gambier | Independent | Viv Maher | Steve Perryman | Donella Peters | Henk Bruins | Nick Fletcher (Ind) John Desyllas (FLT) Don Pegler* (Ind) |
  | Napier | Labor | Michael O'Brien | Brenton Chomel | Louise Rodbourn | Gary Balfort | Wayne Rich (Ind) |
  | Newland | Labor | Tom Kenyon | Trish Draper | Holden Ward | Dale Clegg | Suren Krishnan (SRAH) Ryan Haby (Ind) Jim Zavos (FLT) |
  | Norwood | Labor | Vini Ciccarello | Steven Marshall | Katie McCusker | Paul Theofanous | Pamela Anders (FLT) David Egge (G4C) Philip Harding (SRAH) Rick Neagle (D4D) |
  | Playford | Labor | Jack Snelling | Kerry Faggotter | Dion Ashenden | Steve Ambler | Frank Felmann (FREE) Andrew Woon (Dem) |
  | Port Adelaide | Labor | Kevin Foley | Sue Lawrie | Marie Boland | Bruce Hambour | Max James (Ind) |
  | Ramsay | Labor | Mike Rann | David Balaza | Paul Petit | Dale Ramsey | Rod Steinert (Dem) |
  | Reynell | Labor | Gay Thompson | Shane Howard | Lisa Adams | Geoff Doecke | |
  | Schubert | Liberal | Lynda Hopgood | Ivan Venning | Terry Allen | James Troup | William Simidmore (Ind) |
  | Stuart | Liberal | Sean Holden | Dan van Holst Pellekaan | Jane Alcorn | Sylvia Holland | Rob Williams (Ind) |
  | Taylor | Labor | Leesa Vlahos | Cassandra Ludwig | Kirsten Wahlstrom | Paul Coombe | |
  | Torrens | Labor | Robyn Geraghty | Stuart Lomax | Peter Fiebig | Owen Hood | |
  | Unley | Liberal | Vanessa Vartto | David Pisoni | Nikki Mortier | Luke Smolucha | |
  | Waite | Liberal | Adrian Tisato | Martin Hamilton-Smith | Matthew Wilson | John Vottari | |
  | West Torrens | Labor | Tom Koutsantonis | Jassmine Wood | Tim White | David Beattie | Kon Briggs (SRAH) |
  | Wright | Labor | Jennifer Rankine | Tina Celeste | Arthur Seager | Mark Potter | Garry Connor (D4D) |
  | Source – Antony Green: ABC |||||||
  
  ## Legislative Council
  
  Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*). Eleven of twenty-two seats were up for election. Labor were defending four seats. The Liberals were defending five seats. Family First and an ex-Democrat independent were defending one seat each.
  
  | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Family First candidates | Democrats candidates | Winderlich candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Paul Holloway* Gail Gago* Bernard Finnigan* John Gazzola* Tung Ngo | David Ridgway* Stephen Wade* Terry Stephens* Jing Lee* Rita Bouras Peter Salu Sarah Jared | Tammy Jennings* Simon Jones Sandy Montgomery | Robert Brokenshire* Bob Randall Toni Turnbull | Jeanie Walker Tom Salerno Sandra Kanck | David Winderlich Kirsten Alexander |
  | Dignity for Disability candidates | DLP candidates | Fair Land Tax candidates | FREE Australia candidates | Gamers 4 Croydon candidate | Nationals SA candidates |
  | Paul Collier Kelly Vincent* Michele Thredgold Ronni Wood | Paul Russell David McCabe | George Kargiotis Andrew Haralampopoulos | Paul Kuhn Ki Meekins | Chris Prior | Deb Thiele Kym Webber |
  | One Nation candidates | Save The RAH candidates | Shooters Party candidates | United candidates | Independent $_{ClimateSceptics}$ | Independent $_{ChristianforVoluntaryEuthanasia}$ |
  | Robert Edmonds Barbara Pannach | Jim Katsaros Mark Taplin Ken Rollond David McGowan | Michael Hudson | Darian Hiles Deb Munro | Nathan Ashby Frank Hunt John Michelmore | Ian Wood Craig de Vos |
  | Independent $_{MarkAldridgeChangeisNecessary}$ | Independent $_{SAChange}$ | Independent $_{SAFishingandLifestyle}$ | Independent $_{LegaliseVoluntaryEuthanasia}$ | Independent $_{LessTaxStewartGlass}$ | Independent $_{JoeIencoMotorsportLandTax}$ |
  | Mark Aldridge Helen Aldridge | Lynette Crocker Dylan Coleman-Mastrosavas | Neil Armstrong Paul Tippins | Jenny Wheaton Denis Haynes | Stewart Glass Michael Noack | Joe Ienco Brenda Bates |
  | Independent $_{NoDesalNoDams}$ | Single ticket candidates | Single ticket candidates | | | |
  | John Tregenza Corrie Vanderhoek | Joe Carbone Howard Coombe Michelle Drummond Trevor Grace Kelly Henderson | Doug McLaren Gary Mitchall Peter Panagaris Frank Williams Joseph Williams | |
  | Source – Antony Green: ABC ||||||
  