David Speirs, who grew up in Scotland and migrated to Australia with his parents in 2002 when he was 17-years-old, vowed he would not be just a “seat warmer” as the new leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia.

Mr Speirs said he intends to be a “traditional centre-right” leader and will work hard to try to wrestle power away from newly elected Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas at the 2026 state election.