Steven Paul Griffiths (born 25 May 1962) is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the

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from 2006 to 2018, representing the electorate of Goyder for the

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. He was the Deputy

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under

Isobel Redmond Isobel Mary Redmond (born 8 April 1953) is a former Australian politician who was the member for the electoral district of Heysen in the House of Assembly from 2002 to 2018. She was the parliamentary leader of the South Australian Division of t ...

from 2009 to 2010.

Biography

Griffiths was elected to the safe Liberal seat of Goyder at the 2006 state election to replace retiring sitting member John Meier. Griffiths was elected with a margin of 9.1 points, suffering a 7.1-point swing. Griffiths has held shadow ministries since 2007, and in 2009 was elected to the deputy leadership of his party with

being elected to the leadership. On Tuesday 30 March 2010, Griffiths was replaced by former leader

Martin Hamilton-Smith Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith (born 1 December 1953) is a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Waite from the 1997 election until his retirement in 2018. First elected as a candidate ...

as deputy. Griffiths announced on 14 February 2017 that he would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.

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