Martin Hamilton-Smith
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Martin Hamilton-Smith
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Martin_Hamilton-Smith_Portrait_2013.jpg
| office = Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
| premier = Mike Rann
| deputy = Vickie Chapman
Isobel Redmond
| term_start = 12 April 2007
| term_end = 8 July 2009
| predecessor = Iain Evans
| successor = Isobel Redmond
| office1 = Minister for Investment and Trade
| premier1 = Jay Weatherill
| term_start1 = 27 May 2014
| term_end1 = 17 January 2018
| predecessor1 = Susan Close (as Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade)
| successor1 =
| office2 = Minister for Small Business
| premier2 = Jay Weatherill
| term_start2 = 19 January 2016
| term_end2 = 17 January 2018
| predecessor2 = Tom Koutsantonis
| successor2 =
| office3 = Minister for Defence and Space Industries
| premier3 = Jay Weatherill
| term_start3 = 27 May 2014
| term_end3 = 17 January 2018
| predecessor3 = Jack Snelling
| successor3 =
| office4 = Minister for Health Industries
| premier4 = Jay Weatherill
| term_start4 = 18 September 2017
| term_end4 = 18 January 2018
| predecessor4 = Office created
| successor4 =
| office5 = Minister for Veterans' Affairs
| premier5 = Jay Weatherill
| term_start5 = 27 May 2014
| term_end5 = 18 January 2018
| predecessor5 = Zoe Bettison
| successor5 =
| office7 = Deputy Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
| leader7 = Isobel Redmond
| term_start7 = 30 March 2010
| term_end7 = 6 April 2010
| predecessor7 = Steven Griffiths
| successor7 = Mitch Williams
| office6 = Leader of the South Australian
Liberal Party
| deputy6 = Vickie Chapman
Isobel Redmond
| term_start6 = 12 April 2007
| term_end6 = 8 July 2009
| predecessor6 = Iain Evans
| successor6 = Isobel Redmond
| office8 = Minister for Innovation
| premier8 = Rob Kerin
| term_start8 = 4 December 2001
| term_end8 = 5 March 2002
| office9 = Minister for Tourism
| premier9 = Rob Kerin
| term_start9 = 4 December 2001
| term_end9 = 5 March 2002
| predecessor9 = Rob Kerin
| successor9 = Mike Rann
| office10 = Member of the South Australian Parliament for Waite
| parliament10 = South Australian
| term_start10 = 11 October 1997
| term_end10 = 17 March 2018
| predecessor10 = Stephen Baker
| successor10 = Sam Duluk
| birthname = Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia
| nationality = Australian
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Liberal Party of Australia (SA) (1997–2014)
Independent (2014–2018)
| spouse = Stavroula Raptis
| relations =
| alma_mater = Royal Military College, Duntroon
University of New South Wales
University of Adelaide
| profession =
| website = [http://www.martinhamilton-smith.com.au/ MartinHamilton-Smith.com.au]
| allegiance = Australia
| branch = Australian Army
| serviceyears = 1971–1995
| rank = Lieutenant Colonel
| commands = Australian contingent of the Multinational Force and Observers
1st Commando Regiment
| battles = Second Malayan Emergency
| mawards =
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Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith (born 1 December 1953) is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Waite from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. First elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party, Hamilton-Smith was the state parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009, and a Minister in the Kerin Liberal government from 2001 to 2002.
He became an independent two months after the 2014 election. He served as the Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Weatherill Labor cabinet from May 2014 until January 2018 and Minister for Space Industries and Minister for Health Industries from September 2017 until January 2018.
Hamilton-Smith announced on 6 January 2018 that he would not seek re-election in the 2018 election.{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/sa-minister-to-quit-politics |title=SA minister to quit politics |publisher=SBS News |date=6 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018}}
Education
Graduated from Marion High School with a scholarship to attend the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1971. Completed a Bachelor of Arts (University of NSW) while at Duntroon. Master of Arts (History) from the University of NSW in 1985 with a focus on Australia's relations with the United States of America and South East Asia. Graduated from Army Command and Staff College in 1988 (Graduate Diploma in Management Studies). Master of Business Administration (Advanced) at University of Adelaide in 2002 while serving as a Member of Parliament. Awarded the 1999 Baron Partner's Prize in Strategic Management.{{Cite web |url=http://www.martinhamilton-smith.com.au/AboutMartin.aspx |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith MP, State Member for Waite > About Martin |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811041529/http://martinhamilton-smith.com.au/AboutMartin.aspx |archive-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Military service
Graduated from Royal Military College as an officer in the Australian Army in 1975. Served in 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment and the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). He commanded Australia's first counter-terrorist assault force in the SAS in 1980. He saw service in Malaysia and as commanding officer of the 1st Commando Regiment based in Sydney. In 1993 he was posted as commanding officer of the Australian contingent in the 11 nation Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai, Egypt, also serving as Assistant Chief of the 3,200-man force which monitors the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt from Gaza to the Gulf of Aqaba.{{cite news|title=Moderates pressure Olsen over seat snub|last=Abraham|first=Matthew|work=The Australian|date=10 September 1997|page=6}}[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/why-martin-hamilton-smith-wanted-to-fight-for-the-british-army/story-e6frea6u-1226233590234 Why Martin Hamilton-Smith wanted to fight for the British Army: AdelaideNow 31 December 2011]
Business career
Hamilton-Smith left the Army in 1995 to build a property development, investment and private child care centre business which had been first established in 1989. The family business employed around 125 staff at six business sites in two states, South Australia and New South Wales, and involved the construction of new facilities and the trading operation of the enterprises. Hamilton-Smith became President of a South Australian-based childcare association and National Secretary of the Australian Confederation of Childcare and editor of the ACCC national magazine from 1995 to 1997. These bodies represented the small business sector of childcare before federal and state parliaments.{{Cite web |url=http://www.martinhamilton-smith.com.au/Features/Speeches/tabid/86/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3466/Select-Committee-motion-Availability-and-affordability-of-childcare-services.aspx |title=Select Committee motion: Availability and affordability of childcare services > Martin Hamilton-Smith MP, State Member for Waite |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127025641/http://martinhamilton-smith.com.au/Features/Speeches/tabid/86/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3466/Select-Committee-motion-Availability-and-affordability-of-childcare-services.aspx |archive-date=27 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Parliament
Hamilton-Smith first won Waite in the 1997 election by six percent against the Democrats on a two-candidate basis. Ahead of the election, he ran for Liberal preselection in Waite as a non-factionally-aligned conservative, defeating both Robert Lawson from the moderate faction and Hugh Martin from the conservative faction. Previous Waite MP Stephen Baker, from the moderate faction, resigned two months prior to the election which was seen as a result of losing the deputy leadership after the coup of leader Dean Brown from the moderate faction, by John Olsen from the conservative faction. The preselection victory of Hamilton-Smith prompted Brown to complain of interference by federal conservative faction MPs Nick Minchin, Grant Chapman, and Andrew Southcott.{{cite journal |last= Parkin |first= Andrew |date=June 1998 |title= Australian Political Chronicle: July–December 1997 |journal= Australian Journal of Politics and History| volume = 44| issue =2|pages= 286–287 |issn=0004-9522 |doi=10.1111/1467-8497.00019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/waite.htm |title=The Poll Bludger – electoral district of Waite |publisher=Pollbludger.com |access-date=2 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410115437/http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/waite.htm |archivedate=10 April 2012}}
At the 2002 election when Rann Labor came to power, Hamilton-Smith retained his seat by twelve percent against Labor on 2PP, and by four percent at the 2006 election. Hamilton-Smith was promoted by Premier John Olsen into the position of Cabinet Secretary on 5 October 2001 and was later elevated into Cabinet as the Innovation and Tourism minister in the Kerin Liberal government from December 2001 to March 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/HouseofAssembly/Pages/List%20of%20Members.aspx |title=List of Members |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017120733/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/HouseofAssembly/Pages/List%20of%20Members.aspx |url-status=dead }}
=Liberal leader=
In October 2005, he moved to challenge then Liberal leader Rob Kerin, but later withdrew his challenge.Simon Royal (14 October 2005), [http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2005/s1483681.htm Has Rob Kerin saved his leadership but lost the election?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219191008/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2005/s1483681.htm |date=19 December 2005 }}, ABC.net.au, retrieved 29 May 2007 On 11 April 2007, Hamilton-Smith formally challenged then Liberal leader Iain Evans, and was successful with 13 votes to 10 for the Liberal leadership.11 April 2007, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1894878.htm SA Liberals elect new leader], ABC News Online, retrieved 29 May 2007 On 19 April 2007, he announced a re-shuffle of the opposition front bench.19 April 2007, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1901015.htm SA Opposition reshuffle 'matches' Govt portfolios], ABC News Online, retrieved 29 May 2007
Under his leadership, polling by Newspoll saw the Liberals go from 29 to 40 per cent on the primary vote, and from 39 to 50 per cent on the two party preferred vote. The Preferred Premier rating saw Hamilton-Smith start on 21 per cent, seven points higher than his predecessor, to a high of 30 per cent, with Rann falling from a high of 64, to 48 per cent. However, Newspoll saw Labor back in a winning position on 54 to 46 in late 2008, and then 56 to 44 in early 2009 along with a widening gap in the Preferred Premier rating. During the 50-50 polling, The Sunday Mail polling suggested that whilst there had been large swings away from the government in country areas, support was holding relatively firm at 2006 election levels in the metropolitan areas.{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,27574,24587709-2682,00.html |title=Poll boost for Rann in key seats |work=The Advertiser |date=31 October 2008 |access-date=2 December 2011}} However, this did not play out at the 2009 Frome state by-election sparked by the parliamentary resignation of former Premier Rob Kerin, which saw a rare two-party swing from the opposition to the government, and resulted in independent Geoff Brock taking the seat from the Liberals on preferences.{{cite web |author=David Nason, New York correspondent |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962538-5013871,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911185428/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962538-5013871,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=Leader left with pumpkin: The Australian 26/1/2009 |publisher=The Australian |date=26 January 2009 |access-date=28 July 2010 }}{{cite web |author=Gavin Lower and David Nason |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962542-2702,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913205418/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962542-2702,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Libs demand recount after shock poll loss: The Australian 26/1/2009 |publisher=The Australian |date=26 January 2009 |access-date=28 July 2010 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/sa-election-2014/guide/from/|title = Frome - SA Votes - South Australian Election 2014 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
=2009 leadership spill=
Hamilton-Smith accused Labor of accepting split donations from the Church of Scientology based on information sent to the Liberal Opposition that was subsequently found to have been forged.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-04-29/hamilton-smith-apologises-for-scientology-claims/1667296 Hamilton-Smith apologises for Scientology claims: ABC 30 April 2009] This controversy coupled with the Frome by-election and continued poor polling, saw Liberal MPs openly talk of a leadership change, with a high chance of a leadership spill likely, prior to the 2010 state election.{{cite news |author=5 Minutes 10 Minutes |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25662694-5013945,00.html |title='Lame duck' Lib leader Martin Hamilton-Smith to face spill |work=The Australian |date=20 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626183550/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25662694-5013945,00.html |archive-date=26 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/sa-liberals-in-crisis/1545455.aspx?storypage=0 |title=SA Liberals in crisis |work=The Independent Weekly |date=20 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25674956-5006787,00.html Libs fail to settle doubts on leader Martin Hamilton-Smith]. The Australian 23 June 2009{{dead link|date=December 2011}}[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25675509-5006301,00.html We're a team, but who will be leader]. The Advertiser 23 June 2009 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623231510/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0%2C22606%2C25675509-5006301%2C00.html |date=23 June 2009 }}{{cite news|last=Emmerson |first=Russell |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25702722-5006301,00.html |title=Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith faces spill |work=The Advertiser |date=28 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}{{cite news|last=Kelton |first=Greg |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25703010-5006301,00.html |title=Mitch Williams quits cabinet in Liberal leadership chaos |work=The Advertiser |date=28 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}{{cite news |author=5 Minutes 10 Minutes |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25704878-5013871,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911112519/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25704878-5013871,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 September 2012 |title=Spill looms as Lib quits front bench |work=The Australian |date=29 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011 }}{{cite news|last=Kelton |first=Greg |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25705590-2682,00.html |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith facing leadership challenge this week |work=The Advertiser |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}} Two days later, Hamilton-Smith announced a spill of the leadership and deputy leadership, with a ballot taking place on Saturday 4 July 2009.{{cite news|last=Emmerson |first=Russell |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25713106-5006301,00.html |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith refuses to quit Liberal leadership |work=The Advertiser |date=3 July 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}{{cite news |author=5 Minutes 10 Minutes |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25712955-601,00.html |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith announces South Australian opposition leadership spill |work=The Australian |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011 }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Williams, Isobel Redmond, and Iain Evans ruled out contesting the ballot, with Hamilton-Smith and his moderate deputy Vickie Chapman the only contenders.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/30/2612676.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703072324/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/30/2612676.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2009 |title=Leadership spill for SA Liberals |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |date=30 June 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}} Hamilton-Smith defeated Chapman in the leadership spill, 11 votes to 10, with one MP abstaining. At first, Hamilton-Smith immediately announced he would stand down, which would have delivered the leadership to Chapman. Hamilton-Smith announced a second leadership ballot to be held on Wednesday 8 July. On Monday 6 July, Hamilton-Smith confirmed he would not be running for the leadership. Contenders for the leadership were Chapman, Redmond, and Williams. Hamilton-Smith and his supporters backed Redmond.{{cite news|last=Kelton |first=Greg |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25731562-5006301,00.html |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith quits as SA Liberals leader |work=The Advertiser |date=4 July 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}{{cite news |author=5 Minutes 10 Minutes |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25738101-601,00.html |title=Martin Hamilton-Smith to stand down after second leadership spill |work=The Australian |date=6 July 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708060952/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25738101-601,00.html |archive-date=8 July 2009 |url-status=dead }} Redmond won the leadership spill on 8 July 2009, 13 votes to 9 against Chapman.{{cite news|last=Kelton |first=Greg |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25750660-5006301,00.html |title=Redmond knocks off Chapman |work=The Advertiser |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=2 December 2011}}
=Deputy Leader=
On 30 March 2010, Hamilton-Smith was elected deputy leader of SA Liberals to replace Steven Griffiths in a party-room vote, defeating Iain Evans 10 votes to 8. He once again defeated Evans in a leadership position in a rematch between the two former leaders.
=2012 leadership spill=
Hamilton-Smith nominated for the position of South Australian Liberal parliamentary leader, with Steven Marshall as deputy leader after Hamilton-Smith declared a leadership spill against Isobel Redmond and Mitch Williams.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-19/sa-liberal-leader-facing-spill/4322698 |title=Ex SA Liberal leader wants top job back |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=19 October 2012 }} A party room ballot occurred on 23 October 2012, Redmond retained the leadership by one vote, however Marshall was elected to the deputy leadership.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/daniel-wills-analysis-isobel-redmond-wins-battle-against-martin-hamilton-smith-but-at-what-price/story-e6frea83-1226501389365 |title=Daniel Wills analysis – Isobel Redmond wins battle against Martin Hamilton-Smith, but at what price? |work=AdelaideNow |date=23 October 2012 }}
Redmond resigned on 31 January 2013. Hamilton-Smith chose to support Steven Marshall who was elected leader unopposed. Hamilton-Smith was appointed Shadow Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Mineral Resources and Energy, Manufacturing, Industry and Trade, and Defence Industries in the subsequent reshuffle.{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/marshall-takes-razor-to-shdaow-cabinet/story-e6frgczx-1226573924376 |work=The Australian |title=Marshall takes razor to shadow cabinet |date=9 February 2013}}
=Independent Liberal in a Labor cabinet=
The 2014 election resulted in a hung parliament with 23 Labor seats, 22 Liberal seats, and two independents. The balance of power was held by crossbench independents Geoff Brock and Bob Such. Such did not indicate who he would support in a minority government before he was diagnosed and hospitalised with a brain tumour and took medical leave. With 24 seats required to govern, Brock backed Labor. He accepted the cabinet positions of Minister for Regional Development and Minister for State and Government Local Relations. Brock agreed to support the Labor government on confidence and supply while retaining the right to otherwise vote on conscience.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-23/sa-to-form-minority-labor-government/5339398 |title=SA election: Labor to form minority government with support of independent Geoff Brock |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=23 March 2014 }}
On 27 May 2014, more than two months after the election, in a media conference with South Australian Labor Premier Jay Weatherill, Hamilton-Smith announced his decision to resign from the South Australian Liberal Party to become an "Independent Liberal" MP, and to join the Labor cabinet as the Minister for Trade, Defence Industries and Veterans' Affairs. Though his vote was not crucial to the government, he agreed to support the Labor minority government on confidence and supply while retaining the right to otherwise vote on conscience, stating that South Australian business needed a stable parliament.{{cite news|title=Martin Hamilton-Smith quits Liberals to back South Australian Labor Government|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-27/martin-hamilton-smith-defect-labor-minister-/5480710|access-date=28 May 2014 |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=28 May 2014 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-02/martin-hamilton-smith-first-labor-cabinet-meeting/5493714 |title=Former Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith attends first Labor Cabinet meeting in SA |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=2 June 2014 }}
An Advertiser poll of 350 Waite voters was conducted a few days after Hamilton-Smith's announcement. On the question of "should there be a by-election in Waite", 43 percent said no, 41 percent said yes. On the question of "do you feel betrayed by his decision", 46 percent said no, 42 percent said yes.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/survey-of-martin-hamiltonsmiths-electorate-reveals-huge-opposition-to-his-defecting-to-labor-government/story-fni6uo1m-1226936560888 |title=Survey of Martin Hamilton-Smith's electorate reveals huge opposition to his defecting to Labor government |work=The Advertiser |date=30 May 2014 }}
Labor unexpectedly won the 2014 Fisher by-election by five votes, following a 7.3 percent swing, which gave them majority government. Despite that, the Weatherill government kept Brock and Hamilton-Smith in cabinet, giving it a 26 to 21 parliamentary majority.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-13/labor-win-fisher-weatherill-majority-government-sa-by-election/5965332 |title=Fisher by-election win for Labor gives Weatherill Government majority in SA |work=ABC News |location=Australia |date=13 December 2014 }}
Hamilton-Smith was appointed to the ministerial portfolio of small business in 2016. In September 2017, he was appointed minister with responsibilities for space industries and health industries. Major achievements over four years as a minister included helping to retain $90 billion worth of submarine and shipbuilding work in SA,{{cite web |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2016/10/05/hamilton-smith-demands-locally-based-sub-design-hub/ |title=Hamilton-Smith demands locally based sub design hub |work=InDaily |date=5 October 2016 }} establishing Investment Attraction South Australia,{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/15-million-jobcreation-agency-investment-attraction-south-australia-costs-136-million-to-run/news-story/bd89fcf473ba61b38443e2a513163178 |title=$15 million job creation agency attraction |work=Adelaide Now |date=12 May 2016 |last1=Jones |first1=Erin }} construction of the Centenary of ANZAC Memorial Walk along Kintor Avenue,{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/tobruk-veteran-bill-corey-98-opens-anzac-centenary-memorial-garden-walk-behind-government-house/news-story/f917d22e8bb0ea809ed667a2a6bec064 |title=ANZAC centenary memorial garden walk opening |work=Adelaide Now |date=23 April 2016 |last1=Debelle |first1=Penny }} hosting the International Space and Astronautical Congress in Adelaide as Australia's first space industries minister,{{cite web |url=http://www.iafastro.org/events/iac/iac-2017/ |title=International Astronatucal Convention 2017 |date=2017 }} and improving communication of small business through the establishment of a small business roundtable.
While serving as Leader of the Liberal Opposition, Hamilton-Smith led the debate to move football from Westlakes to the city, resulting in the redevelopment of Adelaide Oval.{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/secrets-to-adelaide-oval-redevelopment-revealed/news-story/64d0cf1d73b185ab0fe71c1bad44578c |title=Secrets To Adelaide Oval Redevelopment Revealed |work=Adelaide Now }}
On 6 January 2018, Hamilton-Smith announced that he would retire at the 2018 state election and resigned from the Weatherill Ministry on 17 January 2018.{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/march-state-election-former-liberal-leader-and-weatherill-government-minister-martin-hamiltonsmith-quitting-politics/news-story/fbf52d8a6dc0545ef22753544a96b6b3 |title=Former Liberal Leader and Weatherill Government Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith Quitting Politics |work=Adelaide Now |date=6 January 2018 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140114070733/http://martinhamilton-smith.com.au/ MartinHamilton-Smith.com.au official website]
- {{cite SA-parl |pid=631 |name=Hamilton-Smith, Martin |former=yes |access-date=19 August 2022}}
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