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Martin Hamilton-Smith
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| Minister for Investment and Trade | |
| In office 27 May 2014 – 18 January 2018 |
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| Premier | Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Susan Close (as Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade) |
| Minister for Small Business | |
| In office 19 January 2016 – 18 January 2018 |
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| Premier | Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Tom Koutsantonis |
| Minister for Defence and Space Industries | |
| In office 27 May 2014 – 18 January 2018 |
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| Premier | Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Jack Snelling |
| Minister for Health Industries | |
| In office 18 September 2017 – 18 January 2018 |
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| Premier | Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Minister for Veterans' Affairs | |
| In office 27 May 2014 – 18 January 2018 |
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| Premier | Jay Weatherill |
| Preceded by | Zoe Bettison |
| Leader of the Opposition of South Australia |
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| In office 12 April 2007 – 8 July 2009 |
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| Premier | Mike Rann |
| Deputy | Vickie Chapman Isobel Redmond |
| Preceded by | Iain Evans |
| Succeeded by | Isobel Redmond |
| Deputy Leader of Opposition of South Australia |
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| In office 30 March 2010 – 6 April 2010 |
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| Leader | Isobel Redmond |
| Preceded by | Steven Griffiths |
| Succeeded by | Mitch Williams |
| Leader of the South Australian Liberal Party |
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| In office 12 April 2007 – 8 July 2009 |
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| Deputy | Vickie Chapman Isobel Redmond |
| Preceded by | Iain Evans |
| Succeeded by | Isobel Redmond |
| Minister for Innovation | |
| In office 4 December 2001 – 5 March 2002 |
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| Premier | Rob Kerin |
| Preceded by | none (created) |
| Succeeded by | none (abolished) |
| Minister for Tourism | |
| In office 4 December 2001 – 5 March 2002 |
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| Premier | Rob Kerin |
| Preceded by | Rob Kerin |
| Succeeded by | Mike Rann |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Waite | |
| In office 11 October 1997 – 17 March 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Baker |
| Succeeded by | Sam Duluk |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith
1 December 1953 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia (SA) (1997–2014) Independent (2014–2018) |
| Spouse(s) | Stavroula Raptis |
| Alma mater | Royal Military College, Duntroon University of New South Wales University of Adelaide |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Branch/service | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1995 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands | Australian contingent of the Multinational Force and Observers 1st Commando Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second Malayan Emergency |
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 for the Liberal Party, Hamilton-Smith was the state parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009, and a Minister in the Kerin Liberal government from 2001 to 2002.
He became an independent two months after the 2014 election. He served as the Minister for Investment and Trade, Minister for Defence Industries and Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Weatherill Labor cabinet from May 2014 until January 2018 and Minister for Space Industries and Minister for Health Industries from September 2017 until January 2018.
Hamilton-Smith announced on 6 January 2018 that he would not seek re-election in the 2018 election.
