Randall first contested the since-abolished seat of
Henley Beach as a Liberal at the
1977 election. Randall won the seat as a Liberal at the
1979 election and from the
1980 Norwood by-election Randall was the one-term
Tonkin Liberal government's most marginal seat holder on a one percent margin before losing the seat at the
1982 election. He again contested the seat as a Liberal at the
1989 election. The seat of
Colton was created at the 1991 redistribution to replace the abolished seat of Henley Beach. Randall once again contested Liberal
preselection, this time for the
1993 election, but was defeated by preselection winner
Steve Condous who went on to win the seat. Randall contested Colton as an
independent. Randall later left the Christian Democrats and again became a Liberal, serving from 2003 to 2005 as South Australian Liberal State President. Randall was the seventh and last Liberal candidate for the
South Australian Legislative Council at the
2006 election. ==References==