Jack Snelling

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Australian politician (born 1972)

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Field	Value
honorific-prefix	The Honourable
name	Jack Snelling
image	Jack Snelling crop.JPG
caption	Snelling in 2016
office1	47th Treasurer of South Australia
term_start1	8 February 2011
term_end1	21 January 2013
premier1	Mike Rann
Jay Weatherill
predecessor1	Kevin Foley
successor1	Jay Weatherill
office2	32nd Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
term_start2	27 April 2006
term_end2	25 March 2010
predecessor2	Bob Such
successor2	Lyn Breuer
office4	Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Playford
term_start4	11 October 1997
term_end4	17 March 2018
predecessor4	John Quirke
successor4	Michael Brown
birth_date
birth_place	North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
birthname	John James Snelling
nationality	Australian
party	Family First (since 2021)
otherparty	Labor (until 2021)
spouse	Lucia
children	6
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Background

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.

Parliament

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 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 major 2016 electoral 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 for pre-selection. On 28 March 2017, Bedford resigned from the party after they endorsed Snelling for the seat. A ReachTEL poll conducted on 2 March 2017 of 606 voters in post-redistribution Florey indicated a 33.4 percent primary vote for Bedford running as an independent which would likely see Snelling defeated after preferences. Snelling withdrew from the pre-selection on 17 September 2017.

Cabinet

After 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.

Once the ALP had retained power (though dependent on an independent parliamentarian's support) at the 2014 election, Snelling was appointed as the Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Health Industries in the Weatherill Labor cabinet. He resigned from Cabinet on 17 September 2017, and announced that he would not be contesting the 2018 election, for which he had been preselected to the seat of Florey. He also served as Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly until 2017.

Outside parliament

On 28 July 2021, alongside former minister Tom Kenyon, Snelling founded the Family First Party, saying that "we are very concerned about religious freedom and attempts to restrict that freedom".

Personal life

Jack Snelling is married to Lucia, and has six children. He met his wife through the Young Labor movement in South Australia.

References

Mayne, Stephen. (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". [[Crikey]].
"A gift for friendship » The Spectator".
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Owen, Michael. (2010-03-23). "Left MP Tony Piccolo refuses to back move on Right's Kevin Foley". The Australian.
Richardson, Tom. (16 March 2017). ""Labor needs to get back to its roots": Friendless Frances takes Snelling to task". Solstice Media.
(28 March 2017). "Frances Bedford points finger at Labor's 'faceless men' as she quits the party".
[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/labor-polling-shows-boundary-redraw-appeal-loss-means-jack-snelling-could-lose-to-veteran-party-mp-frances-bedford/news-story/389a9f32f24a70e01497d803c81264be Labor polling shows boundary redraw appeal loss means Jack Snelling could lose to veteran party MP Frances Bedford: The Advertiser 10 March 2017]
Brett Williamson. (25 March 2010). "Rann's reign continues as Labor Government sworn in". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Michael Owen. (19 January 2010). "South Australia's Right faction to seal deputy role for Rau". The Australian.
[http://www.premier.sa.gov.au/index.php/ministers/jack-snelling-mp Jack Snelling MP: Premier.sa.gov.au] {{webarchive. link. (6 October 2015)
(17 September 2017). "SA Health Minister Jack Snelling resigns from Cabinet and will not contest March election". [[ABC News (Australia).
(28 July 2021). "Former SA Labor MPs Jack Snelling and Tom Kenyon revive Family First Party". [[ABC News (Australia).
(28 July 2021). "Ex-Labor ministers resurrect Family First in South Australia". [[The Australian]].
Swallow, Julian. (2012-05-30). "The mum who runs Jack Snelling household". The Advertiser.

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