Susan Close

The Honourable Dr Susan Close BA(Hons), PhD, MP


Member of the South Australian Parliament for Port Adelaide
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 February 2012
Preceded by	Kevin Foley
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Spouse(s)	Declan
Residence	Semaphore
Alma mater	Flinders University
Occupation	Executive Director, Strategy (DENR)
Profession	Public Servant
Website	Parliamentary website

Susan Elizabeth Close is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Port Adelaide for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2012 by-election. Close has held portfolios in the Cabinet of South Australia since May 2014.

Background

Close earned a PhD in political science at Flinders University and worked as a public servant.^[1]

Parliament

Close retained Port Adelaide for Labor at the 2012 by-election with a 42.3 percent primary and a 52.9 percent two-candidate-preferred vote. The by-election was held after the resignation of the previous Labor incumbent Kevin Foley. She was re-elected with a two-party-preferred vote above 60 percent at the 2014 election.

Cabinet

Close has previously served as Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Automotive Transformation and Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation.

Current portfolios

Close represents the following portfolios in the Cabinet of South Australia:^[2]

Minister for Education and Child Development
Minister for Higher Education and Skills

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Tom Kenyon	Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade 2014	Succeeded by Martin Hamilton-Smith as Minister for Investment and Trade
New title	Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation 2014-2015	Succeeded by Kyam Maher
		Succeeded by Kyam Maher
Preceded by Tom Koutsantonis	Minister for Automotive Transformation 2014-2015
Preceded by Jay Weatherill	Minister for the Public Sector 2014-present	Incumbent
		Incumbent
Preceded by Jennifer Rankine	Minister for Education and Child Development 2015-present
South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by Kevin Foley	Member for Port Adelaide 2012–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Cabinet of South Australia

Weatherill Rau Maher Snelling Koutsantonis Hunter Bignell Hamilton-Smith Brock Bettison Close Mullighan Vlahos Malinauskas

Current Members of the South Australian House of Assembly

Labor (24)	Michael Atkinson Frances Bedford Zoe Bettison Leon Bignell Paul Caica Susan Close Nat Cook Annabel Digance Jon Gee Katrine Hildyard Eddie Hughes Tom Kenyon Steph Key Tom Koutsantonis Stephen Mullighan Lee Odenwalder Tony Piccolo Chris Picton Jennifer Rankine John Rau Jack Snelling Leesa Vlahos Jay Weatherill Dana Wortley

Liberal (21)	Troy Bell Vickie Chapman Sam Duluk John Gardner Mark Goldsworthy Steven Griffiths Stephan Knoll Duncan McFetridge Steven Marshall Adrian Pederick Michael Pengilly David Pisoni Isobel Redmond Rachel Sanderson David Speirs Vincent Tarzia Peter Treloar Dan van Holst Pellekaan Tim Whetstone Mitch Williams Corey Wingard

Independents (2)	Geoff Brock Martin Hamilton-Smith

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