PSA -- 1968-1970 -- Raymond Steele Hall Mystery Cache
PSA -- 1968-1970 -- Raymond Steele Hall
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Raymond Steele Hall became member for Gouger in 1959, taking over the Liberal and Country League leadership from Playford in 1966, serving as leader of the opposition for 2 years before becoming Premier in 1968.
The major political issue of the day was electoral reform: the deliberately inequitable electoral boundaries imposed by the LCL under Butler and Playford had been affecting the results of elections for forty years, and the level of publicity and protest about the matter had risen significantly in recent years. One of the 'progressive' members of the LCL, Hall introduced legislation to reform the House of Assembly to a more equitable system of representation the internal repercussions of this self-sacrificing act to the LCL were severe, as it virtually guaranteed Hall's defeat at the next elections.
Other important consequences of Hall's Premiership were seen in social welfare, Aboriginal affairs and abortion reform, although education remained a troubled area. The LCL lost the 1970 election to Dunstan, as expected, and Hall remained Leader of the Opposition for 2 years before resigning as Party leader, suggesting that the Party had 'lost its idealism [and] forgotten...its purpose for existence'.
He founded the Liberal Movement Party before winning a Federal Senate seat in 1975, which he held for two years. He became Federal Member for Boothby in 1981 and held the seat for the 15 years to 1996.
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