David Winderlich

David Nicholas Winderlich (born 18 January 1964), is an Australian teacher, public servant and politician who in February 2009 was the Australian Democrats nominee to fill a South Australian Legislative Council casual vacancy in a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia following the January 2009 parliamentary resignation of the incumbent Democrats member Sandra Kanck. Becoming an independent after nine months, he was the last Democrat to have sat in any Australian parliament. He was not re-elected at the 2010 election.[1][2]

David Winderlich
Member of the Legislative Council
of South Australia
In office
17 February 2009 – 20 March 2010
Personal details
Born (1964-01-18) 18 January 1964
Adelaide, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Democrats (2009)
Independent (2009–10)

On 20 July 2009 Winderlich announced that, unless 1,000 new members joined the Democrats SA division by 23 November, he would leave the party and sit as an independent,[3] which eventuated on 7 October 2009.[4]

Winderlich announced that, as an independent, he would focus on three policy areas: governmental reform,[5][6] rights and freedoms, e.g., for bikies,[7] and a sustainable approach to the management of water resources in South Australia. In particular, he was opposed to the Port Stanvac Desalination Plant and to the Wellington Weir proposal.[8]

References
  1. Sandra Kanck: SA Parliament
  2. David Winderlich: SA Parliament
  3. Democrats MP divides party with 1,000-member ultimatum, ABC, 20 July 2009.
  4. Last Democrat goes from Aussie parliaments, ABC, 8 October 2009.
  5. MP urges ICAC to plug crime fighting gap, ABC news 15 March 2009.
  6. Burnside CEO reappointment 'illegal', ABC News 2 June 2009
  7. Amendments to tough SA anti-bike laws, The Age 17 June 2009
  8. Wellington weir will 'speed up acidification, ABC news 14 March 2009
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