List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
This is a list of premiers of South Australia by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates.
Rank by time in office
[edit]- Parties
Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia Liberal and Country League / Liberal Federation Non-Party Conservatism Non-Party Liberalism
| Rank | No. | Officeholder | Portrait | Party | District | Assumed office |
Left office |
Time in office (term) |
Time in office (total) |
Election wins | |
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| 1. | 33rd | Sir Thomas Playford (1896–1981) GCMG |
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Liberal & Country League | MP for Murray (1933–1938) Gumeracha (1938–1968) |
5 November 1938 | 10 March 1965 | 
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26 years, 125 days | 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 | |
| 2. | 39th | John Bannon (1943–2015) AO |
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Labor | MP for Ross Smith (1977–1993) |
10 November 1982 | 4 September 1992 |
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9 years, 299 days | 1982 1985 1989 | |
| 3. | 44th | Mike Rann (1953– ) AC, CNZM |
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Labor | MP for Ramsay (1993–2012) |
5 March 2002 | 21 October 2011 |
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9 years, 230 days | 2002 2006 2010 | |
| 4. | 35th | Don Dunstan (1926–1999) AC, QC |
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Labor | MP for Norwood (1953–1979) |
1 June 1967 | 17 April 1968 | 321 days | 9 years, 214 days | 1970 1973 1975 1977 | |
| 2 June 1970 | 15 February 1979 | 8 years, 258 days | |||||||||
| 5. | 31st | Sir Richard Butler (1885–1966) KCMG |
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Liberal & Country League | MP for Wooroora (1921–1938) Light (1938–1938) |
8 April 1927 | 17 April 1930 | 3 years, 9 days | 8 years, 210 days | 1927 1933 1938 | |
| 18 April 1933 | 5 November 1938 | 5 years, 201 days | |||||||||
| 6. | 25th | Archibald Peake (1859–1920) |
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Liberal & Democratic Union | MP for Victoria & Albert (1902–1915) Alexandra (1915–1920) |
5 June 1909 | 3 June 1910 | 363 days | 6 years, 312 days | 1912 1918 | |
| Liberal Union | 17 February 1912 | 3 April 1915 | 3 years, 45 days | ||||||||
| 14 July 1917 | 8 April 1920 | 2 years, 269 days | |||||||||
| 7. | 20th | Charles Kingston (1850–1908) PC, KC |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MP for West Adelaide (1881–1900) |
16 June 1893 | 1 December 1899 |
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6 years, 168 days | 1893 1896 1899 | |
| 8. | 45th | Jay Weatherill (1964– ) AO |
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Labor | MP for Cheltenham (2002–2018) |
21 October 2011 | 19 March 2018 |
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6 years, 149 days | 2014 | |
| 9. | 42nd | John Olsen (1945– ) AO |
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Liberal | MP for Kavel (1992–2002) |
28 November 1996 | 22 October 2001 |
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4 years, 328 days | 1997 | |
| 10. | 8th | Sir Henry Ayers (1821–1897) GCMG |
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No Party Alignment | Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1893) |
15 July 1863 | 4 August 1864 | 1 year, 20 days | 4 years, 34 days | ||
| 20 September 1865 | 23 October 1865 | 33 days | |||||||||
| 3 May 1867 | 24 September 1868 | 1 year, 144 days | |||||||||
| 13 October 1868 | 3 November 1868 | 21 days | |||||||||
| 22 January 1872 | 22 July 1873 | 1 year, 151 days | |||||||||
| 11. | 28th | Sir Henry Barwell (1877–1959) KCMG |
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Liberal Federation | MP for Stanley (1915–1925) |
8 April 1920 | 16 April 1924 |
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4 years, 8 days | 1921 | |
| 12. | 46th | Steven Marshall (1968– ) |
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Liberal | MP for Norwood (2010–2014) Dunstan (2014–) |
19 March 2018 | 21 March 2022 |
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4 years, 2 days | 2018 | |
| 13. | 17th | Thomas Playford (1837–1915) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Newcastle (1887–1890) East Torrens (1890–1894) |
11 June 1887 | 27 June 1889 | 2 years, 16 days | 3 years, 323 days | ||
| 19 August 1890 | 21 June 1892 | 1 year, 307 days | |||||||||
| 14. | 24th | Thomas Price (1852–1909) |
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Labor | MP for Torrens (1902–1909) |
26 July 1905 | 5 June 1909 |
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3 years, 314 days | 1905 1906 | |
| 15. | 22nd | John Jenkins (1851–1923) |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MP for Torrens (1901–1905) |
15 May 1901 | 1 March 1905 |
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3 years, 290 days | 1902 | |
| 16. | 13th | Lionel Hill (1881–1963) |
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Labor | MP for Port Pirie (1918–1933) |
28 August 1926 | 8 April 1927 | 223 days | 3 years, 160 days | 1930 | |
| 17 April 1930 | 14 August 1931 | 1 year, 119 days | |||||||||
| Parliamentary Labor | 14 August 1931 | 13 February 1933 | 1 year, 183 days | ||||||||
| 17. | 38th | Dr David Tonkin (1929–2000) AO |
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Liberal | MP for Bragg (1970–1983) |
18 September 1979 | 10 November 1982 |
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3 years, 53 days | 1979 | |
| 18. | 11th | Sir James Boucaut (1831–1916) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Encounter Bay (1875–1878) |
28 March 1866 | 3 May 1867 | 1 year, 36 days | 3 years, 10 days | ||
| 3 June 1875 | 6 June 1876 | 1 year, 3 days | |||||||||
| 26 October 1877 | 27 September 1878 | 336 days | |||||||||
| 19. | 15th | Sir John Bray (1842–1894) KCMG, JP |
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No Party Alignment | MP for East Adelaide (1871–1892) |
24 June 1881 | 16 June 1884 |
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2 years, 358 days | ||
| 20. | 41st | Dean Brown (1943– ) AO |
Liberal | MP for Finniss (1993–2006) |
14 December 1993 | 28 November 1996 |
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2 years, 350 days | 1993 | ||
| 21. | 14th | Sir William Morgan (1828–1883) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | Member of the Legislative Council (1867–1884) |
27 September 1878 | 24 June 1881 |
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2 years, 270 days | ||
| 22. | 47th | Peter Malinauskas (1980– ) |
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Labor | Member of the Legislative Council (2015–2018) MP for Croydon (2018– ) |
21 March 2022 | Incumbent |
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2 years, 262 days[1] | 2022 | |
| 23. | 9th | Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1891) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Gumeracha (1857–1868) |
4 August 1864 | 22 March 1865 | 230 days | 2 years, 254 days | ||
| MP for Gumeracha (1870–1875) |
10 November 1871 | 22 January 1872 | 73 days | ||||||||
| 22 July 1873 | 3 June 1875 | 1 year, 316 days | |||||||||
| 24. | 16th | Sir John Downer (1843–1915) KCMG, QC |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Barossa (1878–1901) |
16 June 1885 | 11 June 1887 | 1 year, 360 days | 2 year, 239 days | ||
| Non-Party Conservatism |
15 October 1892 | 16 June 1893 | 244 days | ||||||||
| 25. | 4th | Sir Richard Hanson (1805–1876) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Adelaide (1857–1861) |
30 September 1857 | 9 May 1860 |
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2 years, 222 days | ||
| 26. | 13th | Sir John Colton (1823–1902) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Noarlunga (1875–1878) (1889–1887) |
6 June 1876 | 26 October 1877 | 1 year, 142 days | 2 years, 142 days | ||
| 16 June 1884 | 16 June 1885 | 1 year, 0 days | |||||||||
| 27. | 29th | John Gunn (1884–1959) |
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Labor | MP for Adelaide (1918–1926) |
16 April 1924 | 28 August 1926 |
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2 years, 134 days | 1924 | |
| 28. | 27th | Crawford Vaughan (1874–1947) |
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Labor | MP for Sturt (1915–1918) |
3 April 1915 | 13 February 1917 | 1 year, 316 days | 2 years, 102 days | 1915 | |
| National Labor | 13 February 1917 | 14 July 1917 | 151 days | ||||||||
| 29. | 34th | Frank Walsh (1897–1968) |
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Labor | MP for Edwardstown (1956–1968) |
10 March 1965 | 1 June 1967 |
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2 years, 83 days | 1965 | |
| 30. | 36th | Steele Hall (1928–2024) |
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Liberal & Country League | MP for Gouger (1959–1973) |
17 April 1968 | 2 June 1970 |
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2 years, 46 days | 1968 | |
| 31. | 10th | John Hart (1809–1873) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Port Adelaide (1862–1866) Light (1868–1870) The Burra (1870–1873) |
23 October 1865 | 28 March 1866 | 156 days | 1 year, 339 days | ||
| 24 September 1868 | 13 October 1868 | 19 days | |||||||||
| 30 May 1870 | 10 November 1871 | 1 year, 164 days | |||||||||
| 32. | 19th | Sir Frederick Holder (1850–1909) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Burra (1887–1901) |
21 June 1892 | 15 October 1892 | 116 days | 1 year, 274 days | ||
| Non-Party Liberalism |
8 December 1899 | 15 May 1901 | 1 year, 158 days | ||||||||
| 33. | 6th | George Waterhouse (1824–1906) |
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No Party Alignment | Member of the Legislative Council (1860–1864) |
8 October 1861 | 4 July 1863 |
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1 year, 269 days | ||
| 34. | 26th | John Verran (1856–1932) |
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Labor | MP for Wallaroo (1901–1918) |
3 June 1910 | 17 February 1912 |
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1 year, 259 days | 1910 | |
| 35. | 12th | Henry Strangways (1832–1920) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for West Torrens (1862–1871) |
3 November 1868 | 30 May 1870 |
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1 year, 208 days | ||
| 36. | 5th | Thomas Reynolds (1818–1875) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Adelaide (1860–1862) |
9 May 1860 | 8 October 1861 |
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1 year, 152 days | ||
| 37. | 40th | Lynn Arnold (1949– ) AO |
Labor | MP for Ramsay (1985–1993) |
4 September 1992 | 14 December 1993 |
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1 year, 101 days | |||
| 38. | 18th | Sir John Cockburn (1850–1929) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Mount Barker (1887–1898) |
27 June 1889 | 19 August 1890 |
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1 year, 53 days | 1890 | |
| 39. | 1st | Boyle Travers Finniss (1807–1893) |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Adelaide (1857–1860) |
24 October 1856 | 21 August 1857 |
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301 days | ||
| 40. | 37th | Des Corcoran (1928–2004) AO |
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Labor | MP for Hartley (1977–1982) |
15 February 1979 | 18 September 1979 |
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215 days | ||
| 41. | 7th | Francis Dutton (1818–1877) CMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Light (1862–1865) |
4 July 1863 | 15 July 1863 | 11 days | 193 days | ||
| 22 March 1865 | 20 September 1865 | 182 days | |||||||||
| 42. | 23rd | Sir Richard Butler (1850–1925) |
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Non-Party Conservatism |
MP for Barossa (1902–1924) |
1 March 1905 | 26 July 1905 |
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147 days | ||
| 43. | 43rd | Rob Kerin (1954– ) |
Liberal | MP for Frome (1993–2008) |
22 October 2001 | 5 March 2002 |
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134 days | |||
| 44. | 32nd | Robert Richards (1885–1967) |
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Parliamentary Labor | MP for Wallaroo (1918–1949) |
13 February 1933 | 18 April 1933 |
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64 days | ||
| 45. | 3rd | Sir Robert Torrens (1814–1884) GCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MP for Adelaide (1857–1858) |
1 September 1857 | 30 September 1857 |
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29 days | ||
| 46. | 2nd | John Baker (1813–1872) |
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No Party Alignment | Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1861) |
21 August 1857 | 1 September 1857 |
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11 days | ||
| 47. | 21st | Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908) |
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Non-Party Conservatism |
MP for Northern Territory (1891–1901) |
1 December 1899 | 8 December 1899 |
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Total time in office of political parties in South Australia
[edit]South Australian Parliament – 61406 days as of 8 December 2024
Current parties
[edit]- Australian Labor Party – 20496 days as of 8 December 2024.
- Liberal Party of Australia – 5619 days.
Other parties
[edit]- Conservative or Liberal (Pre 1975): 17415 days.
- Liberal and Country League – 12427 days.
- Liberal Federation – 2453 days.
- Liberal Union – 2141 days.
- Liberal and Democratic Union – 394 days.
Before political parties
[edit]- Independent – 13141 days
- Non-Party Conservatism – 401 days.
- Non-Party Liberalism – 4271 days.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Peter Malinauskas's time in office as of 8 December 2024
See also
[edit]- Premier of South Australia
- List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
- List of Australian heads of government by time in office
- List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
- List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
- List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
- List of premiers of Victoria by time in office
- List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office