Parliament Frances Bedford
bedford (left) presenting award in 2006.
hailing labor left, bedford has described herself being south australia s left-wing mp. support relationships bill 2005, bill extends legal protections same-sex couples, has made target of fundamentalist groups. opinions considered being incompatible opinions of bible belt electorate. despite this, returned large majority @ landslide 2006 state election technically safe 62.1 percent two-party vote 8.5-point two-party swing, defeating liberal candidate , assemblies of god pastor pat trainor. has otherwise won seat marginally since 1997. @ 2014 state election, bedford held florey margin of 2.5 percent.
bedford resigned labor , became independent on 28 march 2017 after labor s jack snelling won florey pre-selection partly result of major electoral redistribution moved two-thirds of playford voters in florey ahead of 2018 state election. rest of crossbench, bedford continue provide confidence , supply support incumbent minority labor government. has not decided if re-contest florey independent. reachtel poll conducted on 2 march 2017 of 606 voters in post-redistribution florey indicated 33.4 percent primary vote bedford running independent see labor s snelling defeated after preferences.
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