Frances Bedford
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Frances Bedford JP MHA |
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| Deputy Speaker | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gay Thompson |
| Chairman of Committees | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Gay Thompson |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Florey |
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Assumed office 11 October 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Bass |
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5 November 1953 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Labor (1997–2017) Independent (2017–present) |
Frances Ellen Bedford (born 5 November 1953) is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Florey since the 1997 state election.
Bedford was born in Sydney and moved to Melbourne and then Adelaide after the death of her mother. She became involved in politics and became an electorate officer for former Labor MP Peter Duncan.
Bedford was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Florey at the 1997 state election for the Australian Labor Party.
Hailing from the Labor Left, Bedford has described herself as being South Australia's most left-wing MP. Her support for the Relationships Bill 2005, a bill which extends legal protections to same-sex couples, has made her a target of fundamentalist groups. Her opinions are considered by some as being incompatible with the opinions of her 'bible belt' electorate. Despite this, she was returned with a large majority at the landslide 2006 state election with a technically safe 62.1 percent two-party vote from an 8.5-point two-party swing, defeating Liberal candidate and Assemblies of God pastor Pat Trainor. She has otherwise won the seat marginally since 1997. At the 2014 state election, Bedford held Florey with a margin of 2.5 percent.
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