SA Labor preselections: Peter Malinauskas chosen unopposed to contest Croydon
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Labor has preselected three of its candidates unopposed for the next South Australian election, while others prepare to battle it out to become candidates in other ALP-held electorates.
Legislative Council member Peter Malinauskas is planning a switch to the Lower House and journalist Jayne Stinson hopes to join the next parliament, both having been preselected unopposed.
A former ALP director Michael Brown is the third of the candidates chosen unopposed.
Mr Malinauskas, seen by some as a potential future Labor Party leader, will run for the Adelaide electorate of Croydon, replacing retiring MP Michael Atkinson in the safe ALP seat.
Ms Stinson will run in Badcoe, as the sitting MP in the seat currently known as Ashford, Steph Key, is also planning to retire.
Health Minister Jack Snelling and Deputy Speaker Frances Bedford both have officially nominated for the north-eastern suburbs seat of Florey.
Mr Snelling, in the ALP-right faction, is attempting to switch seats from Playford because the latest boundary change will move his home into Florey.
His hopes of switching have raised the ire of left-faction stalwart Ms Bedford.
Mr Brown is now the Playford Labor candidate for the next election.
Two Labor candidates have nominated for Colton in the western suburbs, where MP Paul Caica will retire, and nominations for the newly created electorate of King have been extended.
Meanwhile, the party's state council will meet to decide the Labor replacement for Upper House MLC Gerry Kandelaars, who leaves Parliament this week for personal reasons.
Three candidates with union backgrounds want that vacancy — Justin Hanson, Jamie Newlyn and Trevor Smith.
ALP nominations for the Liberal-held seat of Adelaide have just opened, and Labor said its candidates for other Liberal-held electorates would open later.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
