Premiers of South Australia

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

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in South Australia. Non-shaded party labels indicate a general tendency only.



No. Name Party Assumed office Left office
1 Boyle Finniss 24 October 1856 21 August 1857
2 John Baker 21 August 1857 1 September 1857
3 Robert Torrens 1 September 1857 30 September 1857
4 Richard Hanson 30 September 1857 9 May 1860
5 Thomas Reynolds 9 May 1860 8 October 1861
6 George Waterhouse 8 October 1861 4 July 1863
7 Francis Dutton 4 July 1863 15 July 1863
8 Henry Ayers 15 July 1863 4 August 1864
9 Arthur Blyth 4 August 1864 22 March 1865
- Francis Dutton (2nd time) 22 March 1865 20 September 1865
- Henry Ayers (2nd time) 20 September 1865 23 October 1865
10 John Hart 23 October 1865 28 March 1866
11 James Boucaut 28 March 1866 3 May 1867
- Henry Ayers (3rd time) 3 May 1867 24 September 1868
- John Hart (2nd time) 24 September 1868 13 October 1868
- Henry Ayers (4th time) 13 October 1868 3 November 1868
12 Henry Strangways 3 November 1868 30 May 1870
- John Hart (3rd time) 30 May 1870 10 November 1871
- Arthur Blyth (2nd time) 10 November 1871 22 January 1872
- Henry Ayers (5th time) 22 January 1872 22 July 1873
- Arthur Blyth (3rd time) 22 July 1873 3 June 1875
- James Boucaut (2nd time) 3 June 1875 6 June 1876
13 John Colton 6 June 1876 26 October 1877
- James Boucaut (3rd time) 26 October 1877 27 September 1878
14 William Morgan 27 September 1878 24 June 1881
15 Sir John Cox Bray 24 June 1881 16 June 1884
- John Colton (2nd time) 16 June 1884 16 June 1885
16 John Downer 16 June 1885 11 June 1887
17 Thomas Playford 11 June 1887 27 June 1889
18 John Cockburn 27 June 1889 19 August 1890
- Thomas Playford II (2nd time) 19 August 1890 21 June 1892
19 Frederick Holder 21 June 1892 15 October 1892
- Sir John Downer (2nd time) 15 October 1892 16 June 1893
20 Charles Kingston liberal 16 June 1893 1 December 1899
21 Vaiben Solomon conservative 1 December 1899 8 December 1899
- Frederick Holder (2nd time) liberal 8 December 1899 15 May 1901
22 John Jenkins liberal 15 May 1901 1 March 1905
23 Richard Butler conservative 1 March 1905 26 July 1905
24 Thomas Price Australian Labor Party (Labor) 26 July 1905 5 June 1909
25 Archibald Peake Commonwealth Liberal 5 June 1909 3 June 1910
26 John Verran Labor 3 June 1910 17 February 1912
- Archibald Peake (2nd time) Commonwealth Liberal 17 February 1912 3 April 1915
27 Crawford Vaughan Labor 3 April 1915 14 July 1917
- Archibald Peake (3rd time) Commonwealth Liberal 14 July 1917 8 April 1920
28 Henry Barwell Liberal Federation 8 April 1920 16 April 1924
29 John Gunn Labor 16 April 1924 28 August 1926
30 Lionel Hill Labor 28 August 1926 8 April 1927
31 Richard L. Butler Liberal Federation 8 April 1927 17 April 1930
- Lionel Hill (2nd time) Labor 17 April 1930 13 February 1933
32 Robert Richards Labor 13 February 1933 18 April 1933
- Richard L. Butler (2nd time) Liberal and Country League (LCL) 18 April 1933 5 November 1938
33 Sir Thomas Playford LCL 5 November 1938 10 March 1965
34 Frank Walsh Labor 10 March 1965 1 June 1967
35 Don Dunstan Labor 1 June 1967 17 April 1968
36 Steele Hall LCL 17 April 1968 2 June 1970
- Don Dunstan (2nd time) Labor 2 June 1970 15 February 1979
37 Des Corcoran Labor 15 February 1979 18 September 1979
38 Dr David Tonkin Liberal Party of Australia (Liberal) 18 September 1979 10 November 1982
39 John Bannon Labor 10 November 1982 4 September 1992
40 Lynn Arnold Labor 4 September 1992 14 December 1993
41 Dean Brown Liberal 14 December 1993 28 November 1996
42 John Olsen Liberal 28 November 1996 22 October 2001
43 Rob Kerin Liberal 22 October 2001 5 April 2002
44 Mike Rann Labor 5 April 2002 Present

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