Christine Gallus
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The Honourable Christine Gallus |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hawker |
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In office 24 March 1990 – 13 March 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth Harvey |
| Succeeded by | Division abolished |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hindmarsh |
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In office 13 March 1993 – 31 August 2004 |
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| Preceded by | John Scott |
| Succeeded by | Steve Georganas |
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6 April 1943 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater |
Flinders University Australian National University |
| Occupation | Journalist, business director |
Christine Ann "Chris" Gallus (born 6 April 1943), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing two different seats in South Australia—the Division of Hawker from 1990 to 1993 and the Division of Hindmarsh from 1993 to 2004. She was born in Adelaide and was educated at the Firbank Girls' Grammar School in Melbourne, Flinders University and the Australian National University. She was a researcher with the South Australian Health Commission, an advertising executive, journalist and small business director before entering politics.
Gallus was first elected to the seat of Hawker, based on Glenelg, at the 1990 election, defeating one-term Labor incumbent Elizabeth Harvey on a razor-edge 50.01 percent two-party vote from a 1.2 percent two-party swing. Had just 14 Australian Democrats supporters ranked Harvey higher than Gallus on next preferences, Harvey would have won.
Hawker was abolished ahead of the 1993 federal election. Most of its territory, including Glenelg, was absorbed into neighbouring Hindmarsh, and Gallus opted to follow most of her constituents there. Hindmarsh had long been a Labor stronghold, but had grown increasingly marginal over the last decade. A redistribution ahead of the election reduced Labor's already thin majority to an extremely marginal 1.2 percent. Additionally, the election was called at a bad time for the state Labor government, which was still reeling from the collapse of the State Bank of South Australia. Indeed, the state Labor government would be heavily defeated at a state election later that year. Gallus took a substantial first-count lead and ultimately won on the eighth count, becoming only the second non-Labor MP ever to win the seat and the first since 1917. To date, it is also the only time that Labor has been in government without holding Hindmarsh.
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