List of governors of South Australia
The Governor of South Australia is the representative of the British monarch , currently Queen Elizabeth II , in the Australian state of South Australia . The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as the governor-general of Australia does at the national level.
In accordance with Westminster system conventions , the governor acts almost entirely on the advice of the head of the elected government, in this case the Prime Minister of South Australia . However, the governor has the right to dismiss the prime minister.
List of governors of South Australia
| governor | Taking office | Resignation |
|---|---|---|
| John Hindmarsh | December 28, 1836 | July 16, 1838 |
| George Gawler | October 17, 1838 | May 15, 1841 |
| George Edward Gray | May 15, 1841 | October 25, 1845 |
| Frederick Robe | October 25, 1845 | August 2, 1848 |
| Henry Young | August 2, 1848 | December 20, 1854 |
| Richard Graves MacDonnell | June 8, 1855 | March 4, 1862 |
| Dominick Daly | March 4, 1862 | February 19, 1868 |
| James Fergusson | February 15, 1869 | December 6, 1872 |
| Anthony Musgrave | June 9, 1873 | January 29, 1877 |
| William Jervois | October 2, 1877 | January 9, 1883 |
| William Cleaver Francis Robinson | February 19, 1883 | March 5, 1889 |
| Algernon Keith-Falconer | April 11, 1889 | April 10, 1895 |
| Thomas Buxton | October 29, 1895 | March 29, 1899 |
| Hallam Tennyson | April 10, 1899 | July 17, 1902 |
| George Le Hunte | July 1, 1903 | February 18, 1909 |
| Day Bosanquet | February 18, 1909 | March 22, 1914 |
| Henry Lionel Galway | April 18, 1914 | April 30, 1920 |
| Archibald Weigall | June 9, 1920 | May 30, 1922 |
| Tom Bridges | 4th December 1922 | 4th December 1927 |
| Alexander Hore-Ruthven | May 14, 1928 | April 26, 1934 |
| Winston Dugan | July 28, 1934 | February 23, 1939 |
| Charles Barclay-Harvey | August 12, 1939 | April 26, 1944 |
| 1st Baron Norrie | December 19, 1944 | June 19, 1952 |
| Robert George | February 23, 1953 | March 7, 1960 |
| Edric Bastyan | April 4, 1961 | June 1, 1968 |
| James Harrison | 4th December 1968 | 16th September 1971 |
| Mark Oliphant | 1st December 1971 | November 30, 1976 |
| Douglas Nicholls | 1st December 1976 | April 30, 1977 |
| Keith Seaman | September 1, 1977 | March 28, 1982 |
| Donald Beaumont Dunstan | April 23, 1982 | 5th February 1991 |
| Roma Mitchell | February 6, 1991 | July 21, 1996 |
| Eric Neal | July 22, 1996 | November 3, 2001 |
| Marjorie Jackson | November 3, 2001 | August 8, 2007 |
| Kevin Scarce | August 8, 2007 | 7th August 2014 |
| Le Van Hieu | September 1, 2014 | officiating |
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