# David Winderlich

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{{Short description|Australian teacher, public servant and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = David Winderlich
| image       = David_Winderlich.jpg
| office1     = [Member of the Legislative Council <br>of South Australia](/source/South_Australian_Legislative_Council)
| term_start1 = 17 February 2009
| term_end1   = 20 March 2010
| predecessor1      = [Sandra Kanck](/source/Sandra_Kanck)
| successor1        = [Tammy Franks](/source/Tammy_Franks)
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|1|18}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, Australia
| party       = [Australian Democrats](/source/Australian_Democrats) (2009)<br />[Independent](/source/Independent_(politician)) (2009–10)
| website     = 
}}

'''David Nicholas Winderlich''' (born 18 January 1964), is an Australian [teacher](/source/teacher), [public servant](/source/public_servant) and politician who in February 2009 was the [Australian Democrats](/source/Australian_Democrats) nominee to fill a [South Australian Legislative Council](/source/South_Australian_Legislative_Council) [casual vacancy](/source/casual_vacancy) in a [joint sitting](/source/joint_sitting) of the [Parliament of South Australia](/source/Parliament_of_South_Australia) following the January 2009 parliamentary resignation of the incumbent Democrats member [Sandra Kanck](/source/Sandra_Kanck).<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl|pid=3263|name=David Nicholas Winderlich|former=yes|access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="SA parl2">{{Cite SA-parl|pid=625|name=Sandra Myrtho Kanck|former=yes|access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> Becoming an [independent](/source/Independent_(politics)) after nine months, he was the last Democrat to have sat in any Australian parliament. He was not re-elected at the [2010 election](/source/2010_South_Australian_state_election).<ref name="SA parl" />

On 20 July 2009 Winderlich announced that, unless 1,000 new members joined the Democrats SA division by 23 November, he would leave the party and sit as an independent,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-07-20 |title=Democrats MP divides party with 1,000-member ultimatum |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-20/democrats-mp-divides-party-with-1000-member/1360780 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> which eventuated on 7 October 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-10-07 |title=Last Democrat goes from Aussie parliaments |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-10-07/last-democrat-goes-from-aussie-parliaments/1094848 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

Winderlich announced that, as an independent, he would focus on three policy areas: governmental reform,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-03-15 |title=MP urges ICAC to plug crime fighting gap |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-03-15/mp-urges-icac-to-plug-crime-fighting-gap/1619658 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-07-01 |title=Burnside CEO reappointment 'illegal' |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-02/burnside-ceo-reappointment-illegal/1339016 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> rights and freedoms, e.g., for [bikies](/source/Outlaw_motorcycle_club),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-06-16 |title=Amendments to tough SA anti-bikie laws |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/amendments-to-tough-sa-antibikie-laws-20090617-cgy7.html |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref> and a sustainable approach to the management of water resources in South Australia. In particular, he was opposed to the [Port Stanvac Desalination Plant](/source/Port_Stanvac_Desalination_Plant) and to the [Wellington Weir](/source/Wellington_Weir) proposal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-03-14 |title=Wellington weir 'will speed up acidification' |language=en-AU |publisher=ABC News|location=Australia |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-03-14/wellington-weir-will-speed-up-acidification/1618744 |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref>

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