Premiers of South Australia.

Premiers of South Australia

Names

Dates of Office

Years

Days

Hon. Boyle T. Finnis 24/10/1856 - 21/8/1857 - 301
Hon. Joh Baker 21/8/1857 - 1/9/1857 - 11
Hon. Robert R. Torrens 1/9/1857 - 30/9/1857 - 29
Hon. Richard D. Hanson 30/9/1857 - 9/5/1860 2 222
Hon. Thomas Reynolds 9/5/1860 - 8/10/1861 1 152
Hon. G.M. Waterhouse 8/10/1861 - 4/7/1863 1 269
Hon. Francis S. Dutton 4/7/1863 - 15/7/1863;
22/3/1865 - 20/9/1865
- 193
Hon. Sir Henry Ayers, KCMG 15/7/1863 - 4/8/1864;
20/9/1865 - 23/10/1865;
3/5/1867 - 24/9/1868;
13/10/1868 - 3/11/1868;
22/1/1872 - 22/7/1873
4 35
Hon. Arthur Blyth 4/8/1864 - 22/3/1865;
10/11/1871 - 22/1/1872;
22/7/1873 - 3/6/1875
2 254
Hon. John Hart, CMG 23/10/1865 - 28/3/1866;
24/9/1868 - 13/10/1868;
30/5/1870 - 10/11/1871
1 339
Hon. James P. Boucaut, QC 28/3/1866 - 3/5/1867;
3/6/1875 - 6/6/1876;
26/10/1877 - 27/9/1878
3 11
Hon. H.B. Strangways 3/11/1868 - 30/5/1870 1 208
Hon. John Colton 6/6/1876 - 26/10/1877;
16/6/1884 - 16/6/1885
2 142
Hon. William Morgan 27/9/1878 - 24/6/1881 2 270
Hon. John C. Bray 24/6/1881 - 16/6/1884 2 358
Hon. Sir J.W. Downer, KCMG, QC 16/6/1885 - 11/6/1887;
15/10/1892 - 16/6/1893
2 239
Hon. Thomas Playford 11/6/1887 - 27/6/1889;
19/8/1890 - 21/6/1892
3 323
Hon. J.A. Cockburn 27/6/1889 - 19/8/1890 1 53
Hon. F.W. Holder 21/6/1892 - 15/10/1892;
8/12/1899 - 15/5/1901
1 274
Rt Hon. C.C. Kingston, QC 16/6/1893 - 1/12/1899 6 168
Hon. V.L. Solomon 1/12/1899 - 8/12/1899 - 7
Hon. J.G. Jenkins 15/5/1901 - 1/3/1905 3 290
Hon. Richard Butler 1/3/1905 - 26/7/1905 - 147
Hon. Thomas Price 26/7/1905 - 5/6/1909 3 314
Hon. A.H. Peake 5/6/1909 - 3/6/1910;
17/2/1912 - 3/4/1915;
14/7/1917 - 8/4/1920
6 312
Hon. John Verran 3/6/1910 - 17/2/1912 1 259
Hon. Crawford Vaughan 3/4/1915 - 14/7/1917 2 102
Hon. Sir H.N. Barwell, KCMG 8/4/1920 - 16/4/1924 4 8
Hon. John Gunn 16/4/1924 - 28/8/1926 2 134
Hon. Lionel L. Hill 28/8/1926 - 8/4/1927;
17/4/1930 - 13/2/1933
3 160
Hon. R.L. Butler 8/4/1927 - 17/4/1930;
18/4/1933 - 5/11/1938
8 210
Hon. R.S. Richards 13/2/1933 - 18/4/1933 - 64
Hon. Sir Thomas Playford, GCMG 5/11/1938 - 10/3/1965 26 125
Hon. F.H. Walsh 10/3/1965 - 1/6/1967 2 83
Hon. D.A. Dunstan, QC 1/6/1967 - 17/4/1968;
2/6/1970 - 15/2/1979
9 210
Hon. R.S. Hall 17/4/1968 - 2/6/1970 2 47
Hon. J.D. Corcoran 15/2/1979 - 18/9/1979 - 216
Hon. D.O. Tonkin 18/9/1979 - 10/11/1982 3 49
Hon. J.C. Bannon 10/11/1982 - 4/9/1992 9 300
Hon. L.M.F. Arnold 4/9/1992 - 14/12/1993 1 101
Hon. D.C. Brown 14/12/93 - 28/11/96 2 356
Hon. J. Olsen 28/11/96 - 19/10/2001 4 325
Hon. Robert Kerin 22/10/2001 - -

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