Nick Xenophon
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Nick Xenophon is an Australian politician and lawyer who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017. He was the leader of two political parties: Nick Xenophon Team federally, and Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST in South Australia.
Xenophon speaks to the media in a courtyard of Parliament House, Canberra.
Xenophon in September 2008
Xenophon calling for a Royal Commission into the Australia-East Timor spying scandal in November 2015.
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia John Olsen defeated the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann, forming a minority government with the SA Nationals and independent MPs.
Results by electorate
Image: John Olsen (1)
Image: Mike Rann (smiling)