Alex Dighton

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

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

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.

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

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.