Premier of South Australia

Premier of South Australia
South Australian Coat of Arms
Incumbent Jay Weatherill since 21 October 2011
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Premier (Spoken)
Seat	Adelaide
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 government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The Premier is appointed by the Governor of South Australia, and by modern convention holds office by virtue of his or her ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the House of Assembly.

The current Premier is Jay Weatherill, the Leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. His Deputy is John Rau. Weatherill replaced Mike Rann on 21 October 2011, after Rann resigned as Premier.

History

Pre-Party

Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, MPs tended to have historical liberal or conservative beliefs. The liberals dominated government from the 1893 election to 1905 election with the support of the South Australian United Labor Party, with the conservatives mostly in opposition. Labor took government with the support of eight dissident liberals in 1905 when Labor won the most seats for the first time. The rise of Labor saw non-Labor politics start to merge into various party incarnations.

The two independent conservative parties, the Australasian National League (formerly National Defence League) and the Farmers and Producers Political Union merged with the Liberal and Democratic Union to become the Liberal Union in 1910. Labor formed South Australia's first majority government after winning the 1910 state election, triggering the merger. The 1910 election came two weeks after federal Labor formed Australia's first elected majority government at the 1910 federal election.

No "Country" or rural conservative parties emerged as serious long-term forces in South Australian state politics, often folding into the main non-Labor party.

List of Premiers of South Australia

The first six Governors of South Australia oversaw governance from proclamation in 1836 until self-government and an elected Parliament of South Australia was enacted in the year prior to the inaugural 1857 election.

Colour key (for political parties)
Independent Liberalism Conservatism Liberal Federation/Union Liberal & Country Liberal Labor

No.	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Term of Office Start–End–Days			Elected (Parliament)	Party	Government
Colonial Government (1856–1901)
1	Boyle Finniss (1807–1893) MHA for Adelaide	24 October 1856	21 August 1857	301	1857 (1st)	Independent	Finniss
2	John Baker (1813–1872) Councillor	21 August 1857	1 September 1857	11	— (1st)	Independent	Baker
3	Robert Torrens (1814–1884) MHA for Adelaide	1 September 1857	30 September 1857	29	— (1st)	Independent	Torrens
4	Richard Hanson (1805–1876) MHA for Adelaide	30 September 1857	9 May 1860	952	— (1st)	Independent	Hanson
5	Thomas Reynolds (1818–1875) MHA for Adelaide	9 May 1860	8 October 1861	517	1860 (2nd)	Independent	Reynolds (1st) Reynolds (2nd)
6	George Waterhouse (1824–1906) Councillor	8 October 1861	4 July 1863	634	— (2nd) 1862 (3rd)	Independent	Waterhouse (1st) Waterhouse (2nd)
7	Francis Dutton (1818–1877) MHA for Light	4 July 1863	15 July 1863	11	— (3rd)	Independent	Dutton (1st)
8	Henry Ayers (1821–1897) Councillor	15 July 1863	4 August 1864	386	— (3rd)	Independent	Ayers (1st) Ayers (2nd)
9	Arthur Blyth (1823–1890) MHA for Gumeracha	4 August 1864	22 March 1865	230	— (3rd)	Independent	Blyth (1st)
(7)	Francis Dutton (1818–1877) MHA for Light	22 March 1865	20 September 1865	182	1865 (4th)	Independent	Dutton (2nd)
(8)	Henry Ayers (1821–1897) Councillor	20 September 1865	23 October 1865	33	— (4th)	Independent	Ayers (3rd)
10	John Hart (1809–1873) MHA for Port Adelaide	23 October 1865	28 March 1866	156	— (4th)	Independent	Hart (1st)
11	James Boucaut (1831–1916) MHA for Encounter Bay	28 March 1866	3 May 1867	401	— (4th)	Independent	Boucaut (1st)
(8)	Henry Ayers (1821–1897) Councillor	3 May 1867	24 September 1868	510	— (4th) 1868 (5th)	Independent	Ayers (4th)
(10)	John Hart (1809–1873) MHA for Light	24 September 1868	13 October 1868	19	— (5th)	Independent	Hart (2nd)
(8)	Henry Ayers (1821–1897) Councillor	13 October 1868	3 November 1868	21	— (5th)	Independent	Ayers (5th)
12	Henry Strangways (1832–1920) MHA for West Torrens	3 November 1868	30 May 1870	573	— (5th) 1870 (6th)	Independent	Strangways (1st) Strangways (2nd)
(10)	John Hart (1809–1873) MHA for The Burra	30 May 1870	10 November 1871	529	— (6th)	Independent	Hart (3rd)
(9)	Arthur Blyth (1823–1890) MHA for Gumeracha	10 November 1871	22 January 1872	73	— (6th) 1871 (7th)	Independent	Blyth (2nd)
(8)	Henry Ayers (1821–1897) Councillor	22 January 1872	22 July 1873	517	— (7th)	Independent	Ayers (6th) Ayers (7th)
(9)	Arthur Blyth (1823–1890) MHA for Gumeracha	22 July 1873	3 June 1875	681	— (7th) 1875 (8th)	Independent	Blyth (3rd)
(11)	James Boucaut (1831–1916) MHA for Encounter Bay	3 June 1875	6 June 1876	369	— (8th)	Independent	Boucat (2nd) Boucat (3rd)
13	John Colton (1823–1902) MHA for Noarlunga	6 June 1876	26 October 1877	507	— (8th)	Independent	Colton (1st)
(11)	James Boucaut (1831–1916) MHA for Encounter Bay	26 October 1877	27 September 1878	336	— (8th) 1878 (9th)	Independent	Boucat (4th)
14	William Morgan (1828–1883) Councillor	27 September 1878	24 June 1881	1001	— (9th) 1881 (10th)	Independent	Morgan
15	John Bray (1842–1894) MHA for East Adelaide	24 June 1881	16 June 1884	1088	— (10th) 1884 (11th)	Independent	Bray
(13)	John Colton (1823–1902) MHA for Noarlunga	16 June 1884	16 June 1885	365	— (11th)	Independent	Colton (2nd)
16	John Downer (1843–1915) MHA for Barossa	16 June 1885	11 June 1887	725	— (11th) 1887 (12th)	Independent	Downer (1st)
17	Thomas Playford (II) (1837–1915) MHA for Newcastle	11 June 1887	27 June 1889	747	— (12th)	Independent	Playford II (1st)
18	John Cockburn (1850–1929) MHA for Mount Barker	27 June 1889	19 August 1890	418	— (12th) 1890 (13th)	Liberalism	Cockburn
(17)	Thomas Playford (II) (1837–1915) MHA for East Torrens	19 August 1890	21 June 1892	672	— (13th)	Conservatism	Playford II (2nd)
19	Frederick Holder (1850–1909) MHA for Burra	21 June 1892	15 October 1892	116	— (13th)	Liberalism	Holder (1st)
(16)	John Downer (1843–1915) MHA for Barossa	15 October 1892	16 June 1893	244	— (13th)	Conservatism	Downer (2nd)
20	Charles Kingston (1850–1908) MHA for West Adelaide	16 June 1893	1 December 1899	2359	1893 (14th) 1896 (15th) 1899 (16th)	Liberalism	Kingston
21	Vaiben Solomon (1853–1908) MHA for Northern Territory	1 December 1899	8 December 1899	7	— (16th)	Conservatism	Solomon
(19)	Frederick Holder (1850–1909) MHA for Burra	8 December 1899	15 May 1901	523	— (16th)	Liberalism	Holder (2nd)
State Government (1901–present)
22	John Jenkins (1851–1923) MHA for Torrens	15 May 1901	1 March 1905	1386	— (16th) 1902 (17th)	Liberalism	Jenkins
23	Richard Butler (1850–1925) MHA for Barossa	1 March 1905	26 July 1905	147	— (17th)	Conservatism	Butler I
24	Thomas Price (1852–1909) MHA for Torrens	26 July 1905	5 June 1909	1410	1905 (18th) 1906 (19th)	United Labor	Price
25	Archibald Peake (1859–1920) MHA for Victoria & Albert	5 June 1909	3 June 1910	363	— (19th)	Liberal & Democratic Union	Peake (1st)
26	John Verran (1856–1932) MHA for Wallaroo	3 June 1910	17 February 1912	624	1910 (20th)	United Labor	Verran
(25)	Archibald Peake (1859–1920) MHA for Victoria & Albert	17 February 1912	3 April 1915	1141	1912 (21st)	Liberal Union	Peake (2nd)
27	Crawford Vaughan (1874–1947) MHA for Sturt	3 April 1915	14 July 1917	833	1915 (22nd)	United Labor	Vaughan
(25)	Archibald Peake (1859–1920) MHA for Alexandra	14 July 1917	8 April 1920	999	— (22nd) 1918 (23rd)	Liberal Union	Peake (3rd)
28	Henry Barwell (1877–1959) MHA for Stanley	8 April 1920	16 April 1924	1469	— (23rd) 1921 (24th)	Liberal Union (until 1923) Liberal Federation (from 1923)	Barwell
29	John Gunn (1884–1959) MHA for Adelaide	16 April 1924	28 August 1926	864	1924 (25th)	Labor	Gunn
30	Lionel Hill (1881–1963) MHA for Port Pirie	28 August 1926	8 April 1927	223	— (25th)	Labor	Hill (1st)
31	Richard L. Butler (1885–1966) MHA for Wooroora	8 April 1927	17 April 1930	1105	1927 (26th)	Liberal Federation	Butler II (1st)
(30)	Lionel Hill (1881–1963) MHA for Port Pirie	17 April 1930	13 February 1933	1033	1930 (27th)	Labor	Hill (2nd)
32	Robert Richards (1885–1967) MHA for Wallaroo	13 February 1933	18 April 1933	64	— (27th)	Labor	Richards
(31)	Richard L. Butler (1885–1966) MHA for Wooroora	18 April 1933	5 November 1938	2027	1933 (28th) 1938 (29th)	Liberal and Country League	Butler II (2nd)
33	Thomas Playford (IV) (1896–1981) MHA for Gumeracha	5 November 1938	10 March 1965	9622	— (29th) 1941 (30th) 1944 (31st) 1947 (32nd) 1950 (33rd) 1953 (34th) 1956 (35th) 1959 (36th) 1962 (37th)	Liberal and Country League	Playford IV (1st) Playford IV (2nd)
34	Frank Walsh (1897–1968) MHA for Edwardstown	10 March 1965	1 June 1967	813	1965 (38th)	Labor	Walsh
35	Don Dunstan (1926–1999) MHA for Norwood	1 June 1967	17 April 1968	321	— (38th)	Labor	Dunstan (1st)
36	Steele Hall (born 1928) MHA for Gouger	17 April 1968	2 June 1970	776	1968 (39th)	Liberal and Country League	Hall
(35)	Don Dunstan (1926–1999) MHA for Norwood	2 June 1970	15 February 1979	3180	1970 (40th) 1973 (41st) 1975 (42nd) 1977 (43rd)	Labor	Dunstan (2nd)
37	Des Corcoran (1928–2004) MHA for Hartley	15 February 1979	18 September 1979	215	— (43rd)	Labor	Corcoran
38	David Tonkin (1929–2000) MHA for Bragg	18 September 1979	10 November 1982	1149	1979 (44th)	Liberal	Tonkin
39	John Bannon (1943–2015) MHA for Ross Smith	10 November 1982	4 September 1992	3586	1982 (45th) 1985 (46th) 1989 (47th)	Labor	Bannon
40	Lynn Arnold (born 1949) MHA for Ramsay	4 September 1992	14 December 1993	466	— (47th)	Labor	Arnold
41	Dean Brown (born 1943) MHA for Finniss	14 December 1993	28 November 1996	1080	1993 (48th)	Liberal	Brown
42	John Olsen (born 1945) MHA for Kavel	28 November 1996	22 October 2001	1789	— (48th) 1997 (49th)	Liberal	Olsen
43	Rob Kerin (born 1954) MHA for Frome	22 October 2001	5 April 2002	165	— (49th)	Liberal	Kerin
44	Mike Rann (born 1953) MHA for Ramsay	5 March 2002	21 October 2011	3517	2002 (50th) 2006 (51st) 2010 (52nd)	Labor	Rann
45	Jay Weatherill (born 1964) MHA for Cheltenham	21 October 2011	Incumbent	1662	— (52nd) 2014 (53rd)	Labor	Weatherill

Living former premiers

Former South Australian premiers (from left) Robert Richards, Richard L. Butler, Lionel Hill and Henry Barwell meet with then Premier Tom Playford in 1940

There are six living former premiers, the oldest being Steele Hall (1968–70, born 1928). The most recent premier to die was John Bannon (Premier 1982–1992) on 13 December 2015.

Name	Term as premier	Date of birth
Steele Hall	1968–1970	(1928-11-28) 28 November 1928
Lynn Arnold	1992–1993	(1949-01-27) 27 January 1949
Dean Brown	1993–1996	(1943-04-05) 5 April 1943
John Olsen	1996–2001	(1945-06-07) 7 June 1945
Rob Kerin	2001–2002	(1954-01-04) 4 January 1954
Mike Rann	2002–2011	(1953-01-05) 5 January 1953

Timeline

References

↑ "'Extraordinary' $30,000 MP pay rise under fire from South Australian welfare groups". ABC News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007

External links

Current Premiers and Chief Ministers of the States and internal territories of Australia

NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT

Mike Baird (Lib)	Daniel Andrews (ALP)	Annastacia Palaszczuk (ALP)	Colin Barnett (Lib)	Jay Weatherill (ALP)	Will Hodgman (Lib)	Andrew Barr (ALP)	Adam Giles (CLP)

Government of South Australia

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