Daniel Cregan is an Australian lawyer and Independent politician who has served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 2021 to 2024.[1] He has represented Kavel in the House of Assembly since the 2018 South Australian state election.[2]
Dan Cregan | |
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| Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly | |
| In office 13 October 2021 – 11 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Josh Teague |
| Succeeded by | Leon Bignell |
| Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services | |
| Assumed office 15 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Szakacs |
| Special Minister of State | |
| Assumed office 15 April 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Kavel | |
| Assumed office 17 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Goldsworthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Roy Cregan |
| Political party | Independent (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (until 2021) |
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Early life edit
Cregan grew up in South Australia and Western Australia, attending the University of Adelaide, where he was active in student politics, including as a director of the Adelaide University Union and as president of the Adelaide University Law Students' Society. He also rowed for the Adelaide University Boat Club First VIII.
Cregan received a Cambridge Commonwealth Trust bursary to study law at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Career edit
After graduating, Cregan was appointed judge's associate to John Doyle AC QC (Chief Justice of South Australia) and later served as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development in Jakarta.[3]
While a student at the University of Adelaide Cregan worked as a summer associate at Allens Linklaters, eventually joining the firm as a graduate lawyer and becoming a senior associate in the firm's disputes and investigations team.
Cregan also held a number of board appointments with the Australian Property Institute and as a director of a family company.
Parliamentary service edit
Following the election of Steven Marshall's government in March 2018, Cregan was made Chair of the South Australian Public Works Committee with oversight of South Australian infrastructure projects.[4]
In October 2021, Cregan announced that he would recontest his seat as an independent at the forthcoming 2022 South Australian state election saying the State Government had failed to plan for the needs of his rapidly growing regional community.[5]
Election as Speaker edit
On 12 October 2021, South Australia's Constitution Act was amended to adopt the United Kingdom practice of requiring an independent Speaker.[6] Following passage of the constitutional changes, Cregan was elected Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly 23 votes to 21.[7]
After the 2022 South Australian state election, Cregan was nominated by the Government and Opposition to serve as independent Speaker in the 55th Parliament of South Australia.[8]
On 11 April 2024, Cregan resigned his commission as Speaker of Parliament having accepted the invitation to join the Malinauskas Cabinet. After Independent member Geoff Brock stepped down from cabinet due to ill health. [9]
References edit
- ^ Dornin, Tim (29 April 2022). "Cregan set to continue as SA parly speaker". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Mr Dan Cregan". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Hawker Scholarship Archive, Online (18 January 2023). "Dan Cregan CAS Hawker Scholarship". CAS Hawker Scholarship Online. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Legislation 'Parliamentary Committees Act 1991', South Australian (1 January 2023). "Parliamentary Committees Act 1991 (SA)" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Keane, Daniel (8 October 2021). "SA Liberal MP Dan Cregan to Run as Independent at March State Election". ABC. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Constitution (Independent Speaker) Amendment Act 2021, South Australian Legislation (Current) (22 November 2021). "South Australian Constitution" (PDF). Legislation.sa.gov.au.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ South Australian Parliamentary Debates, Hansard (12 October 2022). "Debates: House of Assembly, 12 October 2022". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ South Australian Parliamentary Debates, Hansard (3 May 2022). "House of Assembly: Tuesday, May 03, 2022". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ Bermingham, Kathryn (11 April 2024). "Minister Geoff Brock resigns from cabinet for health reasons, triggering first reshuffle".
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