Isobel Redmond
Australian politician
Isobel Mary Redmond (born 8 April 1953) is an Australian former politician who served as the leader of the Opposition in South Australia and the leader of the South Australian Liberal Party from 2009 and 2013. She was the member of parliament (MP) for the electorate of Heysen from 2002 to 2018.
Redmond was born in Engadine and raised in Heathcote, completing her education in 1971. Redmond funded her education on her own while she worked as a clerk in the Crown Solicitor's Office and pursued law studies part time by taking night classes. After traveling around Australia and getting involved with the Australian Labor Party for some time, she relocated to Adelaide Hills in 1978 along with her husband. As a solicitor, she ran her own firm and opened up a private practice in Stirling after winning the lottery in the early 1990s. She had legal practice with regards to native title cases for the Mirning people. Redmond was also active in local councils, including serving as the president of the Rotary Club of Stirling.
In 2002, Redmond won a seat in the South Australian House of Assembly as the Liberal MP for Heysen by taking a majority vote after preferences were distributed and thereby succeeded David Wotton. In 2004, she joined Rob Kerin's shadow cabinet as shadow minister of Housing, Families and Communities, Ageing and Disability.
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