Corey Wingard

Corey Luke Wingard is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly from the 2014 state election, representing Mitchell until 2018 and Gibson until his defeat in 2022. Wingard served as the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. He was also Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing in the Marshall Ministry from 2018 to 2022.^[2][3] He previously served as the Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services.

Corey Wingard
Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing
In office 22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Leon Bignell (as Minister for Recreation and Sport, and as Minister for Racing)
Succeeded by	Katrine Hildyard
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
In office 29 July 2020 (2020-07-29) – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Stephan Knoll (as Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Local Government)
Succeeded by	Tom Koutsantonis
Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services
In office 22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 29 July 2020
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Chris Picton (as Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, and as Minister for Emergency Services)
Succeeded by	Vincent Tarzia
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Gibson
In office 17 March 2018 – 19 March 2022
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Sarah Andrews
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell
In office 15 March 2014 – 17 March 2018
Preceded by	Alan Sibbons
Succeeded by	District abolished
Personal details
Born	(1971-03-24) 24 March 1971 (age 54) Cleve, South Australia
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Alma mater	University of South Australia
Occupation	Sports journalist[1]

Following a Cabinet reshuffle on 28 July 2020, Wingard was appointed the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and was sworn in on the following day.

He was the Minister when funding was secured to deliver the tunnel solution for the North South Corridor project in Adelaide.^[4]

Wingard previously was a journalist and sports presenter for 20 years in Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide, ran a media advice company, and worked for senator Sean Edwards.^[1]

Wingard graduated from the University of South Australia with a degree in exercise and sports. He worked for the SANFL before moving into television where he worked for the Nine Network on the Wide World of Sports and FOX Sports. He later joined Network 10 where he was a sports producer/presenter and was a host and commentator for major events such as the Commonwealth Games, IPL cricket, AFL and the National Basketball League.^[1]

Wingard was cleared of misconduct by Premier Steven Marshall following the report of a private investigator after accusations of bullying and intimidatory behavior by Leah Cassidy, chief executive of Sport SA.^[5]