Premiers of South Australia

Date: 24 Oct 1856 [unknown]
Location: South Australia, Australia
Surnames/tags: South Australia Australia Government

The premier of South Australia is the head of government in South Australia, Australia. The British colony of South Australia gained responsible self-government in 1856. It became a state of the Commonwealth of Australia on federation in 1901.

Prior to 24 October 1856 South Australia was governed by 6 Governors

No.	Photo	Name	Birth place	Party	Years as Premier	No. years
1		Boyle Finniss	At sea	Independent	24 Oct 1856-21 Aug 1857	301 days
2		John Baker	England	Independent	21 Aug 1857-1 Sep 1857	11 days
3		Robert Richard Torrens	Ireland	Independent	1 Sep 1857-30 Sep 1857	29 days
4		Richard Hanson	England	Independent	30 Sep 1857-9 May 1860	2 years, 222 days
5		Thomas Reynolds	England	Independent	9 May 1860-8 Oct1861	1 year, 152 days
6		George Waterhouse	England	Independent	8 Oct 1861-4 Jul 1863	1 year, 269 days
7		Francis Dutton	Germany	Independent	4 Jul 1863-15 Jul 1863; 22 Mar 1865-20 Sep 1865	11 days; 182 days
8		Henry Ayers	England	Independent	15 Jul 1863-4 Aug 1864; 20 Sep 1865-23 Oct 1865; 3 May 1867-24 Sep 1868; 13 Oct 1868-3 Nov 1868; 22 Jan 1872-22 Jul 1873	1 year, 20 days; 33 days; 1 year, 144 days; 21 days; 1 year, 151 days
9		Arthur Blyth	England	Independent	4 Aug 1864-22 Mar 1865; 10 Nov 1871-22 Jan 1872; 22 Jul 1873-3 Jun 1875	230 days; 73 days; 1 year, 316 days
10		John Hart	England	Independent	23 Oct 1865-28 Mar 1866; 24 Sep 1868-13 Oct 1868; 30 May 1870 -10 Nov 1871	156 days; 19 days; 1 year, 164 days
11		James Boucaut	England	Independent	28 Mar 1866-3 May 1867; 3 Jun 1875-6 Jun 1876; 26 Oct 1877-27 Sep 1878	1 year, 36 days; 1 year, 3 days; 336 days
12		Henry Strangways	England	Independent	3 Nov 1868-30 May 1870	1 year, 208 days
13		John Colton	England	Independent	6 Jun 1876-26 Oct 1877; 16 Jun 1884-16 Jun 1885	1 year, 142 days; 1 year
14		William Morgan	England	Independent	27 Sep 1878-24 Jun 1881	2 years, 270 days
15		John Bray	South Australia	Independent	24 Jun 1881-16 Jun 1884	2 years, 358 days
16		John Downer	South Australia	Independent; Conservatism	16 Jun 1885-11 Jun 1887; 15 Oct 1892-16 Jun 1893	1 year, 360 days; 244 days
17		Thomas Playford (II)	England	Independent; Conservatism	11 Jun 1887-27 Jun 1889	2 years, 16 days
18		John Cockburn	Scotland	Liberalism	27 Jun 1889-19 Aug 1890	1 year, 53 days
19		Frederick Holder	South Australia	Liberalism	21 Jun 1892-15 Oct 1892; 8 Dec 1899-15 May 1901	116 days; 1 year, 158 days
20		Charles Kingston	South Australia	Liberalism	16 Jun 1893-1 Dec 1899	6 years, 168 days
21		Vaiben Solomon	South Australia	Conservatism	1 Dec 1899-8 Dec 1899	7 days
22		John Jenkins	United States	Liberalism	15 May 1901-1 Mar 1905	3 years, 290 days
23		Richard Butler	England	Conservatism	1 Mar 1905-26 Jul 1905	147 days
24		Thomas Price	Wales	United Labor	26 Jul 1905-5 Jun 1909	3 years, 314 days
25		Archibald Peake	England	Liberal & Democratic Union	5 Jun 1909-3 Jun 1910; 17 Feb 1912-3 Apr 1915; 14 Jul 1917-8 Apr 1920	363 days; 3 years, 45 days; 2 years, 269 days
26		John Verran	England	United Labor	3 Jun 1910-17 Feb 1912	1 year, 259 days
27		Crawford Vaughan	South Australia	United Labor	3 Apr 1915-14 Jul 1917	2 years, 102 days
28		Henry Barwell	South Australia	Liberal Union (from 1923) Liberal Federation	8 Apr 1920-16 Apr 1924	4 years, 8 days
29		John Gunn	Victoria	Labor	16 Apr 1924-28 Aug 1926	2 years, 134 days
30		Lionel Hill	South Australia	Labor	28 Aug 1926-8 Apr 1927; 17 Apr 1930-13 Feb 1933	223 days; 2 years, 302 days
31		Richard L. Butler	South Australia	Liberal Federation	8 Apr 1927-17 Apr 1930; 18 Apr 1933-5 Nov 1938	3 years, 9 days; 5 years, 201 days
32		Robert Richards	South Australia	Labor	13 Feb 1933-18 Apr 1933	64 days
33		Thomas Playford (IV)	South Australia	Liberal and Country League	5 Nov 1938-10 Mar 1965	26 years, 125 days
34		Francis Henry Walsh	South Australia	Labor	10 Mar 1965-1 Jun 1967	2 years, 83 days
35		Donald Allan Dunstan	Fiji	Labor	1 Jun 1967-17 Apr 1968; 2 Jun 1970-15 Feb 1979	321 days;
36		Raymond Steele Hall	South Australia	Liberal and Country League	17 Apr 1968-2 Jun 1970	2 years, 46 days
37		James Desmond Corcoran	South Australia	Labor	15 Feb 1979-18 Sep 1979	215 days
38		David Oliver Tonkin	South Australia	Liberal	18 Sep 1979-10 Nov 1982	3 years, 53 days
39		John Charles Bannon	Victoria	Labor	10 Nov 1982-4 Sep 1992	9 years, 299 days
40		Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold	-	Labor	4 Sep 1992-14 Dec 1993	1 year, 101 days
41		Dean Craig Brown	South Australia	Liberal	14 Dec 1993-28 Nov 1996	2 years, 350 days
42		John Wayne Olsen	South Australia	Liberal	28 Nov 1996-22 Oct 2001	4 years, 328 days
43		Robert Gerard Kerin	South Australia	Liberal	22 Oct 2001-5 Mar 2002	165 days
44		Michael David Rann	England	Labor	5 Mar 2002-21 Oct 2011	9 years, 230 days
45		Jay Wilson Weatherill	South Australia	Labor	21 Oct 2011-19 Mar 2018	6 years, 149 days
46		Steven Spence Marshall	South Australia	Liberal	19 Mar 2018-21 Mar 2022	4 years, 2 days
47		Peter Bryden Malinauskas	South Australia	Labor	21 Mar 2022-Incumbent

Correct to 15 Nov 2024

Unconnected profiles

• Jay Weatherill AO

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia