Jack Snelling
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The Honourable Jack Snelling MHA |
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| Treasurer of South Australia | |
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In office 8 February 2011 – 21 January 2013 |
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| Premier |
Mike Rann Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Kevin Foley |
| Succeeded by | Jay Weatherill |
| 32nd Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly | |
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In office 27 April 2006 – 25 March 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Such |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Breuer |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Playford |
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Assumed office 11 October 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Quirke |
| Personal details | |
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John James Snelling 8 November 1972 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
John James "Jack" Snelling (born 8 November 1972) is an Australian politician in the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party who has been the member in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Playford since the 1997 election.
Prior to his election into politics, Snelling was an electoral officer, and a staffer in the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). Snelling was a supporter of the work of Christopher Pearson.
Entering parliament in 1997 at the age of 24, he was the youngest member of the House of Assembly at the time. He was Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Mike Rann Labor government from 2006 to 2010. He also served as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees. He is aligned with Labor's right faction.
A consequence of the 2016 electoral boundary redistribution was that two thirds of the voters in Snelling's electorate of Playford will be moved to Florey. On 15 March 2017 he won Labor preselection to be the candidate for Florey at the 2018 election. The incumbent member for Florey, Frances Bedford, had also nominated fro preselection.
Following the 2010 election, Snelling was appointed as the Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Science, Information Economy, Veterans Affairs and Road Safety.
Following the parliamentary resignation of Kevin Foley, Snelling was sworn in as the Treasurer of South Australia on 8 February 2011.
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