Don Pegler

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Donald William "Don" Pegler is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the March 2010 election, representing the electorate of Mount Gambier.

A resident of Kongorong, South Australia, Pegler was the mayor of the District Council of Grant before entering state politics. He defeated Liberal candidate and Mount Gambier Mayor Steve Perryman with a primary vote of 36 percent and a two-candidate preferred vote of 50.4 percent, succeeding retiring independent MHA Rory McEwen.^[1]^[2]

In May 2013, Pegler stated that he had changed his view on voluntary euthanasia, and after opposing a bill to legalise it in 2012, now supported such a move.^[3]

References

↑ "District of Mount Gambier - Electoral Results". ECSA: Election 2010. Electoral Commission of South Australia. March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
↑ "District Council of Grant: Mayors Welcome". District Council of Grant. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
↑ The Border Watch: 6 May 2013

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Parliamentary profile

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Labor (26)	Michael Atkinson Frances Bedford Zoe Bettison Leon Bignell Lyn Breuer Paul Caica Susan Close Patrick Conlon Chloë Fox Robyn Geraghty John Hill Tom Kenyon Steph Key Tom Koutsantonis Michael O'Brien Lee Odenwalder Tony Piccolo Grace Portolesi Jennifer Rankine John Rau Alan Sibbons Jack Snelling Gay Thompson Leesa Vlahos Jay Weatherill Michael Wright

Liberal (18)	Vickie Chapman Iain Evans John Gardner Mark Goldsworthy Steven Griffiths Martin Hamilton-Smith Duncan McFetridge Steven Marshall Adrian Pederick Michael Pengilly David Pisoni Isobel Redmond Rachel Sanderson Peter Treloar Dan van Holst Pellekaan Ivan Venning Tim Whetstone Mitch Williams

Independents (3)	Geoff Brock Don Pegler Bob Such

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