The 2025 South Australian Liberal Party leadership election was on 8 December 2025 to elect a new leader of the South Australian Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in South Australia. The incumbent leader, Vincent Tarzia, had announced on 5 December 2025 via a press release that he would step down at 17:00 SA time that day.[1] Ashton Hurn, a first-term female MLA and incumbent shadow health minister, was elected unopposed as party leader.[2]
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Tarzia's resignation came less than 100 days before early voting was to begin for the 2026 South Australian state election. It was also the fourth Liberal leader to either be ousted or resign in a month, following the resignations of Leanne Castley in Canberra and Mark Speakman in New South Wales, as well as the defeat of Brad Battin in the 2025 Victorian Liberal Party leadership spill, each of these being replaced respectively by Mark Parton, Kellie Sloane and Jess Wilson, the latter two also first-term female MLAs like Hurn.
Candidates
edit| Candidate | Electorate | Faction | Position(s) | |
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| Ashton Hurn | Schubert | Moderate[3][4] |
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| Candidate | Electorate | Faction | Position(s) | |
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| Josh Teague | Heysen | Moderate [1] |
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See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Lim, Josephine; Pestrin, Stacey (5 December 2025). "SA Liberal leader Vincent Tarzia steps down from leadership". ABC News. Archived from the original on 5 December 2025. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
- ↑ Ria Pandey (8 December 2025). "'Energised': Ashton Hurn elected leader of South Australia's Liberal Party". news.com.au.
- ↑ Boscaini, Joshua; McClaren, Rory (9 August 2024). "South Australia's Liberal leader David Speirs has resigned. Who could replace him?". ABC News. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024.
- ↑ Richardson, Tom (6 April 2022). "'I'm not playing that game': Chapman won't rule out by-election". InDaily. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022.