Party Affiliation
Lewis was first elected in 1979, as a Liberal candidate. He quickly gained a reputation as a maverick, defying the party authorities on many an occasion. In July 2000, he was expelled from the Liberal Party.
At the 2002 election, Lewis contested his seat under the banner of CLIC, the Community Leadership Independence Coalition (three other candidates also ran for seats in the South Australian House of Assembly but failed), and was re-elected. During the campaign, he denied a claim by the Liberal candidate that a vote for him was in effect a vote for Labor.
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