Murray De Laine
{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1936)}}
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Murray Royce De Laine (born 29 August 1936) is a former Australian politician. He worked for General Motors-Holden for 35 years and was a shop steward and executive member of the Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees (ADSTE).{{cite web |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/47071667 |title=Interview with Murray Royce De Laine [sound recording] / Interviewer: Jim Douglas. |author= |date=2005 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=4 June 2016}} He represented the electorate of Price as a Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1985 and 2001.
Political career
De Laine was elected to the seat of Price on 7 December 1985. In 1998 the seat of Price was heavily altered in a redistribution and renamed Cheltenham.{{cite web|title=Electoral Districts / CHELTENHAM|url=http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3197|publisher=Electoral Commission SA|accessdate=12 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205114541/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/news/?year=2006&districtSearch=3197|archive-date=5 February 2012|url-status=dead}} In August 2001 De Laine was defeated in a Labor Party pre-selection ballot which saw Jay Weatherill take the pre-selection.{{cite news|last=Colvin|first=Mark|title=Costly Labor factions in South Australia|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s347015.htm|newspaper=ABC PM|date=15 August 2001}} On 15 August 2001 De Laine quit Labor and announced he would run as an independent at the next state election. In the 2002 election De Laine stood as an independent and was defeated, with 9.7% of the primary vote.{{Cite SA-parl|pid=528|name=Murray Royce De Laine|former=yes|access-date=14 November 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Green |date=2006-04-21 |title=Cheltenham Profile |url=https://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/chel.htm |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410125517/http://www.pollbludger.com/sa2006/cheltenham.htm |date=10 April 2012 |title=Poll Bludger article }}
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Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Category:Independent members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
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