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Premier of South Australia - Definition and Overview

This is a list of Premiers of South Australia. Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in South Australia. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.

See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

Premier Party Took office
Boyle Finnis - 24 October 1856
John Baker - 21 August 1857
Robert Torrens - 1 September 1857
Richard Hanson - 30 September 1857
Thomas Reynolds - 9 May 1860
George Waterhouse - 8 October 1861
Francis Dutton - 4 July 1863
Henry Ayers - 15 July 1863
Arthur Blyth - 4 August 1864
Francis Dutton - 22 March 1865
Henry Ayers - 20 September 1865
John Hart - 23 October 1865
James Boucaut - 28 March 1866
Henry Ayers - 3 May 1867
John Hart - 24 September 1868
Henry Ayers - 13 October 1868
Henry Strangways - 3 November 1868
John Hart - 30 May 1870
Arthur Blyth - 10 November 1871
Sir Henry Ayers - 22 January 1872
Arthur Blyth - 22 July 1873
James Boucaut - 3 June 1875
John Colton - 6 June 1876
James Boucaut - 26 October 1877
William Morgan - 27 September 1878
John Bray - 24 June 1881
John Colton - 16 June 1884
John Downer - 16 June 1885
Thomas Playford II - 11 June 1887
John Cockburn - 27 June 1889
Thomas Playford II - 19 August 1890
Frederick Holder - 21 June 1892
Sir John Downer - 15 October 1892
Charles Kingston Liberal 16 June 1893
Vaiben Solomon Conservative 1 December 1899
Frederick Holder Liberal 8 December 1899
John Jenkins Liberal 15 May 1901
Richard Butler Conservative 1 March 1905
Thomas Price Labor 26 July 1905
Archibald Peake Commonwealth Liberal 5 June 1909
John Verran Labor 3 June 1910
Archibald Peake Commonwealth Liberal 17 February 1912
Crawford Vaughan Labor 3 April 1915
Archibald Peake Liberal 14 July 1917
Henry Barwell Liberal 8 April 1920
John Gunn Labor 16 April 1924
Lionel Hill Labor 28 August 1926
Richard L. Butler Liberal 8 April 1927
Lionel Hill Labor 17 April 1930
Robert Richards Labor 13 February 1933
Richard L. Butler Liberal and Country League 18 April 1933
Sir Thomas Playford IV Liberal and Country League 5 November 1938
Frank Walsh Labor 10 March 1965
Don Dunstan Labor 1 June 1967
Steele Hall Liberal and Country League 17 April 1968
Don Dunstan Labor 2 June 1970
Des Corcoran Labor 15 February 1979
Dr David Tonkin Liberal 18 September 1979
John Bannon Labor 10 November 1982
Lynn Arnold Labor 4 September 1992
Dean Brown Liberal 14 December 1993
John Olsen Liberal 28 November 1996
Rob Kerin Liberal 22 October 2001
Mike Rann Labor 5 April 2002


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