Jon Gee

Jonathan Peter Gee (born 24 May 1959) is a British Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2014 state election, representing Napier until 2018 and Taylor thereafter.[1][2]

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Jon Gee
MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Napier
In office
15 March 2014 – 17 March 2018
Preceded byMichael O'Brien
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Taylor
In office
17 March 2018 – 19 March 2022
Preceded byLeesa Vlahos
Succeeded byNick Champion
Personal details
Born (1959-05-24) 24 May 1959
Harlington, Bedfordshire, England
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
Children3
ResidenceCraigmore
Websitejongeemp.com

Before his election, Gee had been a secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union vehicle division and a Labor state president with close connections to the northern suburbs of Adelaide and to Holden.[3][4]

Gee's seat of Napier was renamed King and the boundaries moved east for the 2018 election, paring Gee's margin from a fairly safe nine percent to an extremely marginal 0.1 percent. Gee opted to transfer to the friendlier seat of Taylor, which received some of the western part of Napier in the redistribution.[5]

Gee announced in late January 2021 that he no longer intended to contest the 2022 South Australian state election.[6] It was rumoured that federal MP Nick Champion would take his place as Champion's previous plan to move to the electoral district of Light fell through.[7]

References
  1. Green, Antony. "South Australian Election 2014". ABC.
  2. "John Gee". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. Novak, Lauren; Wills, Daniel (5 February 2014). "Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union's Jon Gee preselected by Labor to run in Napier". The Advertiser. South Australia: News Limited. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. "Jon Gee". South Australian Labor Party. 19 November 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. "State Election candidates" (PDF). South Australian Labor. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  6. Dornin, Tim (27 January 2021). "SA Labor MP Jon Gee to call it quits". The West Australian. AAP. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. Richardson, Tom (27 January 2021). "By Gee, Champion set to seek swap to state politics". InDaily. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

 

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