List of Prime Ministers of South Australia
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Five terms: Henry Ayers
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Longest-serving Prime Minister: Thomas Playford (1938–1965)
This list shows the Prime Minister (Engl. Premier ) of the Australian state of South Australia .
No. | Surname | Political party | Taking office | resignation | Reign |
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1. | Boyle Finniss | October 24, 1856 | August 21, 1857 | 301 days | |
2. | John Baker | August 21, 1857 | September 1, 1857 | 9 days | |
3. | Robert Torrens | September 1, 1857 | September 30, 1857 | 29 days | |
4th | Richard Hanson | September 30, 1857 | May 9, 1860 | 2 years 221 days | |
5. | Thomas Reynolds | May 9, 1860 | October 8, 1861 | 1 year 152 days | |
6th | George Marsden Waterhouse | October 8, 1861 | 4th July 1863 | 1 year 269 days | |
7th | Francis Dutton | 4th July 1863 | July 15, 1863 | 11 days | |
8th. | Henry Ayers | July 15, 1863 | 4th August 1864 | 1 year 20 days | |
9. | Arthur Blyth | 4th August 1864 | March 22, 1865 | 230 days | |
Francis Dutton (2nd term) | March 22, 1865 | September 20, 1865 | 182 days | ||
Henry Ayers (2nd term) | September 20, 1865 | October 23, 1865 | 33 days | ||
10. | John Hart | October 23, 1865 | March 28, 1866 | 156 days | |
11. | James Boucaut | March 28, 1866 | May 3, 1867 | 1 year 36 days | |
Henry Ayers (3rd term) | May 3, 1867 | September 24, 1868 | 1 year 144 days | ||
John Hart (2nd term) | September 24, 1868 | October 13, 1868 | 19 days | ||
Henry Ayers (4th term) | October 13, 1868 | November 3, 1868 | 21 days | ||
12. | Henry Strangways | November 3, 1868 | May 30, 1870 | 1 year 208 days | |
John Hart (3rd term) | May 30, 1870 | November 10, 1871 | 1 year 164 days | ||
Arthur Blyth (2nd term) | November 10, 1871 | January 22, 1872 | 73 days | ||
Henry Ayers (5th term) | January 22, 1872 | July 22, 1873 | 1 year 182 days | ||
Arthur Blyth (3rd term) | July 22, 1873 | June 3, 1875 | 1 year 316 days | ||
James Boucaut (2nd term) | June 3, 1875 | June 6, 1876 | 1 year 3 days | ||
13. | John Colton | June 6, 1876 | October 26, 1877 | 1 year 142 days | |
James Boucaut (3rd term) | October 26, 1877 | September 27, 1878 | 336 days | ||
14th | William Morgan | September 27, 1878 | June 24, 1881 | 2 years 270 days | |
15th | John Cox Bray | June 24, 1881 | June 16, 1884 | 2 years 357 days | |
John Colton (2nd term) | June 16, 1884 | June 16, 1885 | 1 year | ||
16. | John Downer | June 16, 1885 | June 11, 1887 | 1 year 360 days | |
17th | Thomas Playford II | June 11, 1887 | June 27, 1889 | 2 years 16 days | |
18th | John Cockburn | June 27, 1889 | August 19, 1890 | 1 year 53 days | |
Thomas Playford II (2nd term) | August 19, 1890 | June 21, 1892 | 1 year 306 days | ||
19th | Frederick Holder | June 21, 1892 | October 15, 1892 | 116 days | |
John Downer (2nd term) | conservative | October 15, 1892 | June 16, 1893 | 244 days | |
20th | Charles Kingston | liberal | June 16, 1893 | December 1, 1899 | 6 years 168 days |
21st | Vaiben Solomon | conservative | December 1, 1899 | December 8, 1899 | 7 days |
Frederick Holder (2nd term) | conservative | December 8, 1899 | May 15, 1901 | 1 year 159 days | |
22nd | John Jenkins | liberal | May 15, 1901 | March 1, 1905 | 3 years 290 days |
23. | Richard Butler | conservative | March 1, 1905 | July 26, 1905 | 147 days |
24. | Thomas Price | Australian Labor Party | July 26, 1905 | June 5, 1909 | 3 years 314 days |
25th | Archibald Peake | Liberal and Democratic Union | June 5, 1909 | June 3, 1910 | 363 days |
26th | John Verran | Australian Labor Party | June 3, 1910 | February 17, 1912 | 1 year 259 days |
Archibald Peake (2nd term) | Liberal Union | February 17, 1912 | April 3, 1915 | 3 years 46 days | |
27. | Crawford Vaughan | Australian Labor Party | April 3, 1915 | July 14, 1917 | 2 years 102 days |
Archibald Peake (3rd term) | Liberal Union | July 14, 1917 | April 8, 1920 | 2 years 268 days | |
28. | Henry Barwell | Liberal Federation | April 8, 1920 | April 16, 1924 | 4 years 8 days |
29 | John Gunn | Australian Labor Party | April 16, 1924 | August 28, 1926 | 2 years 134 days |
30th | Lionel Hill | Australian Labor Party | August 28, 1926 | April 8, 1927 | 223 days |
31. | Richard Layton Butler | Liberal Federation | April 8, 1927 | April 17, 1930 | 3 years 9 days |
Lionel Hill (2nd term) | Australian Labor Party | April 17, 1930 | February 13, 1933 | 2 years 302 days | |
32. | Robert Richards | Australian Labor Party | February 13, 1933 | April 18, 1933 | 64 days |
Richard Layton Butler (2nd term) | Liberal and Country League | April 18, 1933 | November 5, 1938 | 5 years 201 days | |
33. | Thomas Playford IV | Liberal and Country League | November 5, 1938 | March 10, 1965 | 26 years 125 days |
34. | Frank Walsh | Australian Labor Party | March 10, 1965 | June 1, 1967 | 2 years 83 days |
35. | Don Dunstan | Australian Labor Party | June 1, 1967 | April 17, 1968 | 321 days |
36. | Steele Hall | Liberal and Country League | April 17, 1968 | 2nd June 1970 | 2 years 46 days |
Don Dunstan (2nd term) | Australian Labor Party | 2nd June 1970 | 15th February 1979 | 8 years 258 days | |
37. | Des Corcoran | Australian Labor Party | 15th February 1979 | 18th September 1979 | 215 days |
38. | David Tonkin | Liberal Party of Australia | 18th September 1979 | November 10, 1982 | 3 years 53 days |
39. | John Bannon | Australian Labor Party | November 10, 1982 | 4th September 1992 | 9 years 298 days |
40. | Lynn Arnold | Australian Labor Party | 4th September 1992 | December 14, 1993 | 1 year 101 days |
41. | Dean Brown | Liberal Party of Australia | December 14, 1993 | November 28, 1996 | 2 years 349 days |
42. | John Olsen | Liberal Party of Australia | November 28, 1996 | October 22, 2001 | 4 years 328 days |
43. | Robert Kerin | Liberal Party of Australia | October 22, 2001 | April 5, 2002 | 165 days |
44. | Mike Rann | Australian Labor Party | April 5, 2002 | October 21, 2011 | 9 years 230 days |
45. | Jay Weatherill | Australian Labor Party | October 21, 2011 | officiating |
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