Electoral district of Finniss
Finniss is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after B. T. Finniss, the first Premier of South Australia. It covers a 5,916.9 km² regional area which includes Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu Peninsula, and the towns of Goolwa, Kingscote, Penneshaw, Port Elliot, Victor Harbor, Willunga and Yankalilla.
Finniss has been an easily safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia since its creation at the 1991 electoral redistribution, when it replaced the abolished Alexandra. It was contested for the first time at the 1993 election by newly-elected Liberal leader Dean Brown, who had returned to parliament after a seven-year absence by winning a by-election the previous year. Brown had little difficulty winning Finniss, and subsequently became Premier after the election. Brown was later toppled as Premier by Liberal rival John Olsen in 1996, and was initially expected to retire, but remained in parliament as a senior member of consecutive Liberal ministries and shadow ministries. Brown retired at the 2006 election, and was succeeded by Liberal candidate Michael Pengilly, holding off a concerted attempt by the National Party to take the seat.
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