Iain Evans
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The Honourable Iain Evans |
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| 38th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 30 March 2006 – 12 April 2007 |
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| Deputy | Vickie Chapman |
| Preceded by | Rob Kerin |
| Succeeded by | Martin Hamilton-Smith |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 21 November 2005 – 29 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Dean Brown |
| Succeeded by | Vickie Chapman |
| Minister for Environment and Heritage | |
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In office 14 February 2000 – 5 March 2002 |
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| Premier |
John Olsen (2000–2001) Rob Kerin (2001–2002) |
| Preceded by | Dorothy Kotz |
| Succeeded by | John Hill |
| Minister for Industry and Trade | |
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In office 8 October 1998 – 4 December 2001 |
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| Premier |
John Olsen (1998–2001) Rob Kerin (2001) |
| Preceded by | John Olsen |
| Succeeded by | Rob Lucas |
| Minister for Recreation, Sport & Racing | |
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In office 8 October 1998 – 4 December 2001 |
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| Premier |
John Olsen (1998–2001) Rob Kerin (2001) |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Delegate Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Dorothy Kotz |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Davenport |
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In office 11 December 1993 – 30 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Stan Evans |
| Succeeded by | Sam Duluk |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Iain Frederick Evans 18 April 1959 Darlington, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) |
Iain Frederick Evans (born 18 April 1959) is a former Australian politician. He was leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2006 to 2007.
He studied at Heathfield High School and gained a bachelor's degree for Building Technology from the SA Institute of Technology (now University of South Australia). Prior to entering politics he managed a family-owned building and retailing business.
He was elected in the 1993 election landslide for the safe conservative seat of Davenport (following the retirement of his father, Stan Evans). Evans held various portfolios in the Olsen and Kerin governments, including Correctional Services, Environment & Heritage, Racing and Volunteers. He gained the Deputy Leadership in November 2005 and with the resignation of Kerin after the electoral defeat of 2006 became Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party in a joint leadership ticket with Vickie Chapman.
The following is a quote from pollbludger.com:
By February 2007, financial woes within the state Liberal party as well as contests between the party president and opposition leadership had come to a head. At a meeting in Norwood, Evans reportedly commented that "when we lose the federal election at the end of the year, the Liberal Party will be in dire straits and we have got to plan to deal with that". The alleged gaffe drew a rebuke from one federal Liberal MP who labelled Evans and his state parliamentary team "hopeless". Party president Christopher Moriarty accused Evans of being "piss-weak and gutless" for not backing a business plan aimed at assisting the party out of its parlous financial situation. High-ranking party members were canvassing support for an urgent no-confidence motion in Mr Moriarty, with one senior figure quoted as saying that "Moriarty is to the Liberal Party what Mark Latham was to Labor", but others counselled Evans against challenging Moriarty due to the high chance of failure. By late February, speculation over the opposition leader's future was being reported in the media, although he was expected to survive in the short term due to lack of options with 15 MPs remaining in the lower house. Initial reports suggested previous aspirant Martin Hamilton-Smith might challenge for the position, with Isobel Redmond as deputy.
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