Minister for Youth and Employment
Which position did Joan Hall hold from Dec 1997 to Oct 1998?
Joan Hall Joan Lynette Hall ( née Bullock ) ( born 22 December 1946 ) is a former member of the South Australian House of Assembly , serving in the electoral district of Coles from 1993 to 2002 and the renamed electoral district of Morialta from 2002 to 2006 . The wife of former Premier , Liberal Movement leader , and Australian Senator Steele Hall , she met Hall while working as his parliamentary secretary during the 1960s and 1970s . Later , she was a staffer to Premier Dean Brown before entering parliament as the member for the Adelaide Hills seat of Coles at the 1993 election . A moderate like her husband , Hall felt chagrin that Brown did not promote her to the ministry after the Liberals landslide 1993 victory . When Industry Minister John Olsen , leader of the conservative wing of the state Liberal Party , decided to challenge Browns leadership , Hall threw her support to him , giving Olsen the numbers to successfully challenge Brown for the Premiership . Under Olsen , she was Minister for Youth and Employment from December 1997 , then Minister for Tourism from October 1998 . She won party pre-selections in 2002 and 2006 despite claims of interference in a preselection by Federal Members by both herself and her husband . Whilst serving as Tourism Minister , Hall was involved in bringing the Tour Down Under , the Clipsal 500 , The Le Mans Race of 1000 years , the National Wine Centre and the 2007 Police and Fire Games to South Australia . In October 2001 , she resigned from the ministry due to a conflict of interest in her handling of the Hindmarsh Soccer Stadium redevelopment . On a margin of 4 percent from the previous election , Hall suffered a 12 percent swing in Morialta at the 2006 election , which saw her lose the seat to Labor candidate Lindsay Simmons . Moderate candidate John Gardner reclaimed the seat for the Liberals at the 2010 election with an 11 percent swing . External links . - Parliamentary Profile - Poll Bludger - Morialta electorate