Martin Leslie James Hamilton-Smith is the member for the electoral district of Waite in the South Australian House of Assembly since 1997. He was the parliamentary leader of the South Australian division of the Liberal Party of Australia and the Leader of the Opposition in South Australia from 2007 to 2009. Graduating from Royal Military College, Duntroon as an Officer in the Australian Army, he then went on to begin a career in the Australian Special Air Service Regiment for many years. He specialised in counter-terrorism and spent many years in the UK commanding one of the first counter-terrorism units. He toured in the Middle East while part of the SASR and then took command of the...