query: place_of_birth john dawkins 
supports: The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. The fourth-term South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party has been in government since the 2002 election. John Samuel Letts Dawkins ( born 3 July 1954 ) is an Australian politician and the Opposition Whip in the South Australian Legislative Council , representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia . He was first elected to an eight - year term in the Legislative Council at the 1997 election . He was re-elected for a second eight - year term at the 2006 election , and a third eight - year term at the 2014 election . Before his entry into SA politics , Dawkins was an Electorate Officer to former Senator and Howard Government Minister ; the Hon. Nick Minchin , former Foreign Minister and Liberal Party Leader ; the Hon. Alexander Downer AC and former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives ; the Hon. Neil Andrew AO . He has been a member and supporter of many and varied community clubs and organisations , including the Returned and Services League of Australia , and sporting and agricultural bodies . Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. In June 2014, Adelaide had an estimated resident population of 1.31 million. South Australia, with a total of 1.7 million inhabitants, has the most centralised population of any state in Australia, with more than 75 percent of its people living in greater Adelaide, while the other population centres in the state are relatively small. The Parliament of South Australia at Parliament House, Adelaide is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the 47-seat House of Assembly (lower house) and the 22-seat Legislative Council (upper house). All of the lower house and half of the upper house is filled at each election. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government. The fourth-term South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party has been in government since the 2002 election.
candidates: adelaide australia council most of
answer: adelaide