Alex Dighton

Alexander Edward Dighton is an Australian politician who represents the electorate of Black in the South Australian House of Assembly, as a member of the South Australian Labor Party.

Alex Dighton MHA
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Black
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 November 2024
Preceded by	David Speirs
Personal details
Born	Alexander Edward Dighton
Political party	Labor

Background

Dighton is a school teacher and was previously the Deputy Principal at Sacred Heart College in Adelaide's west.^[1]

Career

Dighton, a member of the Labor Right faction, had previously run in the Electorate of Black at the 2022 South Australian election. Despite Labor receiving a positive swing of 7%, Dighton lost to incumbent Liberal David Speirs.^[2]

After Speirs was charged with drug offences in September 2024, he resigned on October 15, triggering a by-election.^[3]

At the by-election, a large swing of 9.7% toward Labor occurred, with ABC election analyst Antony Green calling the result in favour of Dighton early that evening.^[4][5]