Premier of South Australia
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Style | The Honourable (Formal) Premier (Spoken) |
Member of |
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Reports to | Parliament of South Australia Governor of South Australia |
Seat | Adelaide, South Australia |
Appointer | Governor of South Australia |
Term length | At the Governor's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | Boyle Finniss |
Formation | 24 October 1856 |
Salary | $374,648 (AUD)[1] |
Website | http://premier.sa.gov.au/ |
The premier of South Australia is the head of the South Australian government. They are the leaders of the political party which has a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly. Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, politicians usually held liberal or conservative beliefs. The liberals dominated government from 1893 to 1905 with Labor support, with the conservatives mostly in opposition. Labor took government with the support of eight liberals in 1905 when Labor gained more seats than the liberals. The rise of Labor meant the other groups began to become anti-labor parties. The conservatives merged with the Liberal and Democratic Union (formed in 1906) to become the Liberal Union in 1910. No "country" or rural conservative parties have lasted in South Australian state politics.
Labor formed South Australia's first majority government after winning the 1910 state election. This was two weeks after federal Labor formed Australia's first majority government after winning the 1910 federal election.
List of Premiers of South Australia
[change | change source]The first six Governors of South Australia ran the government from 1836 until responsible government was began in 1856.
No. | Name | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Period | Picture |
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1 | B.T. Finniss | 24 October 1856 | 21 August 1857 | 301 days | ![]() | |
2 | John Baker | 21 August 1857 | 1 September 1857 | 11 days | ![]() | |
3 | Robert Torrens | 1 September 1857 | 30 September 1857 | 29 days | ![]() | |
4 | Richard Hanson | 30 September 1857 | 9 May 1860 | 2 years, 222 days | ![]() | |
5 | Thomas Reynolds | 9 May 1860 | 8 October 1861 | 1 year, 152 days | ![]() | |
6 | George Waterhouse | 8 October 1861 | 4 July 1863 | 1 year, 269 days | ![]() | |
7 | Francis Dutton | 4 July 1863 | 15 July 1863 | 11 days | ![]() | |
8 | Henry Ayers | 15 July 1863 | 4 August 1864 | 1 year, 20 days | ![]() | |
9 | Arthur Blyth | 4 August 1864 | 22 March 1865 | 230 days | ![]() | |
- | Francis Dutton (2nd time) |
22 March 1865 | 20 September 1865 | 182 days Total - 193 days |
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- | Henry Ayers (2nd time) |
20 September 1865 | 23 October 1865 | 33 days Total - 1 year, 53 days |
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10 | John Hart | 23 October 1865 | 28 March 1866 | 156 days | ![]() | |
11 | James Boucaut | 28 March 1866 | 3 May 1867 | 1 year, 36 days | ![]() | |
- | Henry Ayers (3rd time) |
3 May 1867 | 24 September 1868 | 1 year, 144 days Total - 2 years, 197 days |
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- | John Hart (2nd time) |
24 September 1868 | 13 October 1868 | 19 days Total - 175 days |
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- | Henry Ayers (4th time) |
13 October 1868 | 3 November 1868 | 21 days Total - 2 years, 218 days |
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12 | Henry Strangways | 3 November 1868 | 30 May 1870 | 1 year, 208 days | ![]() | |
- | John Hart (3rd time) |
30 May 1870 | 10 November 1871 | 1 year, 164 days Total - 1 year, 339 days |
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- | Arthur Blyth (2nd time) |
10 November 1871 | 22 January 1872 | 73 days Total - 303 days |
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- | Henry Ayers (5th time) |
22 January 1872 | 22 July 1873 | 1 year, 181 days Total - 4 years, 34 days |
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- | Arthur Blyth (3rd time) |
22 July 1873 | 3 June 1875 | 1 year, 316 days Total - 2 years, 254 days |
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- | James Boucaut (2nd time) |
3 June 1875 | 6 June 1876 | 1 year, 3 days Total - 2 years, 39 days |
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13 | John Colton | 6 June 1876 | 26 October 1877 | 1 year, 142 days | ![]() | |
- | James Boucaut (3rd time) |
26 October 1877 | 27 September 1878 | 336 days Total - 3 years, 10 days |
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14 | William Morgan | 27 September 1878 | 24 June 1881 | 2 years, 270 days | ![]() | |
15 | John Cox Bray | 24 June 1881 | 16 June 1884 | 2 years, 358 days | ![]() | |
- | John Colton (2nd time) |
16 June 1884 | 16 June 1885 | 1 year, 0 days Total - 2 years, 142 days |
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16 | John Downer | 16 June 1885 | 11 June 1887 | 1 year, 360 days | ![]() | |
17 | Thomas Playford II | 11 June 1887 | 27 June 1889 | 2 years, 16 days | ![]() | |
18 | John Cockburn | 27 June 1889 | 19 August 1890 | 1 year, 53 days | ![]() | |
- | Thomas Playford II (2nd time) |
19 August 1890 | 21 June 1892 | 1 year, 307 days Total - 3 years, 323 days |
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19 | Frederick Holder | 21 June 1892 | 15 October 1892 | 116 days | ![]() | |
- | John Downer (2nd time) |
conservatism[2] | 15 October 1892 | 16 June 1893 | 244 days Total - 2 year, 239 days |
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20 | Charles Kingston | liberalism | 16 June 1893 | 1 December 1899 | 6 years, 168 days | ![]() |
21 | Vaiben Solomon | conservatism | 1 December 1899 | 8 December 1899 | 7 days | ![]() |
- | Frederick Holder (2nd time) |
liberalism | 8 December 1899 | 15 May 1901 | 1 year, 158 days Total - 1 year, 274 days |
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22 | John Jenkins | liberalism | 15 May 1901 | 1 March 1905 | 3 years, 290 days | ![]() |
23 | Richard Butler | conservatism | 1 March 1905 | 26 July 1905 | 147 days | ![]() |
24 | Thomas Price | Australian Labor Party (Labor) | 26 July 1905 | 5 June 1909 | 3 years, 314 days | ![]() |
25 | Archibald Peake | Liberal and Democratic Union | 5 June 1909 | 3 June 1910 | 363 days | ![]() |
26 | John Verran | Labor | 3 June 1910 | 17 February 1912 | 1 year, 259 days | ![]() |
- | Archibald Peake (2nd time) |
Liberal Union | 17 February 1912 | 3 April 1915 | 3 years, 45 days Total - 4 years, 43 days |
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27 | Crawford Vaughan | Labor | 3 April 1915 | 14 July 1917 | 2 years, 102 days | ![]() |
- | Archibald Peake (3rd time) |
Liberal Union | 14 July 1917 | 8 April 1920 | 2 years, 269 days Total - 6 years, 312 days |
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28 | Henry Barwell | Liberal Union/ Liberal Federation |
8 April 1920 | 16 April 1924 | 4 years, 8 days | ![]() |
29 | John Gunn | Labor | 16 April 1924 | 28 August 1926 | 2 years, 134 days | ![]() |
30 | Lionel Hill | Labor | 28 August 1926 | 8 April 1927 | 223 days | |
31 | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | 8 April 1927 | 17 April 1930 | 3 years, 9 days | ![]() |
- | Lionel Hill (2nd time) |
Labor | 17 April 1930 | 13 February 1933 | 2 years, 302 days Total - 3 years, 160 days |
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32 | Robert Richards | Labor | 13 February 1933 | 18 April 1933 | 64 days | ![]() |
- | Richard Layton Butler (2nd time) |
Liberal and Country League (LCL) | 18 April 1933 | 5 November 1938 | 5 years, 201 days Total - 8 years, 210 days |
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33 | Thomas Playford IV | LCL | 5 November 1938 | 10 March 1965 | 26 years, 125 days | ![]() |
34 | Frank Walsh | Labor | 10 March 1965 | 1 June 1967 | 2 years, 83 days | |
35 | Don Dunstan | Labor | 1 June 1967 | 17 April 1968 | 321 days | |
36 | Steele Hall | LCL | 17 April 1968 | 2 June 1970 | 2 years, 46 days | |
- | Don Dunstan (2nd time) |
Labor | 2 June 1970 | 15 February 1979 | 8 years, 258 days Total - 9 years, 214 days |
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37 | Des Corcoran | Labor | 15 February 1979 | 18 September 1979 | 215 days | |
38 | David Tonkin | Liberal Party of Australia (Liberal) | 18 September 1979 | 10 November 1982 | 3 years, 53 days | |
39 | John Bannon | Labor | 10 November 1982 | 4 September 1992 | 9 years, 299 days | ![]() |
40 | Lynn Arnold | Labor | 4 September 1992 | 14 December 1993 | 1 year, 101 days | |
41 | Dean Brown | Liberal | 14 December 1993 | 28 November 1996 | 2 years, 350 days | |
42 | John Olsen | Liberal | 28 November 1996 | 22 October 2001 | 4 years, 328 days | |
43 | Rob Kerin | Liberal | 22 October 2001 | 5 March 2002 | 134 days | |
44 | Mike Rann | Labor | 5 March 2002 | 21 October 2011 | 9 years, 230 days | ![]() |
45 | Jay Weatherill | Labor | 21 October 2011 | 19 March 2018 | 6 years, 149 days | |
46 | Steven Marshall | Liberal | 19 March 2018 | 21 March 2022 | 6 years, 166 days[3] | |
47 | Peter Malinauskas | Labor | 21 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 164 days[4] |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "'Extraordinary' $30,000 MP pay rise under fire from South Australian welfare groups". ABC News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ 1893 SA election Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine - Playford replaced Cockburn as premier of a ministerialist minority government on 19 August 1890, and Holder replaced Playford as premier of a ministerialist minority government on 21 June 1892. The Downer Conservative minority government replaced the Holder ministerialist minority government on 15 October 1892. The Kingston Liberal minority government formed following the 1893 election, but non not take office until 16 June 1893 after the Assembly met for the first time.
- ↑ As at 1 September 2024
- ↑ As at 1 September 2024