See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier. The Premiers of the Australian states are the de facto heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Premier of South Australia
Ministry
Provincial/State
Incumbent: Mike Rann
Style:	The Honourable
Appointed by:	Marjorie Jackson as Governor of South Australia
First :	Boyle Finniss
Formation:	October 24, 1856

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in South Australia. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Michael David Rann (born 5 January 1953) Australian politician is the 44th Premier of South Australia, serving since 2002. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable (abbreviated to " The Hon Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE (born 13 September 1931 is the former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Boyle Travers Finniss ( 18 August 1807 – 24 December 1893) was the first Premier of the Colony of South Australia Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country The liberals dominated government from 1893 to 1905 with Labor support, with the conservatives mostly in opposition. Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Labor took government when they gained more seats than the liberals in 1905, which saw non-Labor politics begin to merge in to various party incarnations. The conservatives merged with the Liberal and Democratic Union (formed in 1906) to become the Liberal Union in 1910, when Labor formed the first South Australian majority government. The Liberal and Democratic Union was a Political party formed by early South Australian Liberals, as opposed to the Conservatives. The Liberal Union was a Political party resulting from a merger between the Liberal and Democratic Union and the Conservatives in South Australia In the Westminster System, there is a majority government when the governing party enjoys an Absolute majority of seats in the Legislature or No "Country" or rural conservative parties emerged as serious forces, often folding in to the non-Labor party.

List of Premiers in South Australia

The first six Governors of South Australia oversaw governance from 1836 to 1856. The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

Graphical timeline since 1892

In the following timeline, the legend includes Liberal and Democratic Union and later the Liberal Union with the Liberal Federation. The grey area represents duration of Playmander electoral malapportionment. The Playmander was a form of electoral malapportionment in the Australian state of South Australia, in place from 1936 to 1968 Apportionment is the process of allocating political power among a set of principles (or defined constituencies

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

Living former premiers

As of November 2007, six former premiers are alive, the oldest being Steele Hall (1968–70, born 1928). Hon Robert Stanley “Bob” Richards ( 31 May 1885 – 24 April 1967) was the 32nd Premier of South Australia. Sir Richard Layton Butler ( 31 March 1885 – 21 January 1966) was the 31st Premier of South Australia, serving two disjunct terms Lionel Laughton Hill ( 14 May 1881 – 19 March 1963) was the thirtieth Premier of South Australia. ‎ Sir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG ( 26 February 1877 &ndash 30 September 1959) was the 28th Premier of South Australia. Sir Thomas Playford, GCMG (5 July 1896 – 16 June 1981 was a South Australian politician and a well known farmer November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday Raymond Steele Hall (born 28 November 1928) was from 1968 to 1970 the 36th Premier of South Australia, senator for South Australia from 1974 The most recent premier to die was Des Corcoran (1979), on January 3, 2004. James Desmond "Des" Corcoran AO ( 8 November 1928 – 3 January 2004) was an Australian Politician. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The most recently-serving premier to die was Dr David Tonkin (1979–1982), on October 2, 2000. Dr David Oliver Tonkin AO ( 20 July 1929 – 2 October 2000) was the 38th Premier of South Australia, serving from 18 September Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

References

See also

• List of Premiers of South Australia by time in office

External links

• Biographies of all premiers at the SA Parliament web site
• UWA state and federal election results since 1890