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

Parties

  Australian Labor Party   Liberal Party of Australia   Liberal and Country League / Liberal Federation   Non-Party Conservatism   Non-Party Liberalism

	Rank:	No:	Premier:	Portrait:	Party:	District:	Assumed Office:	Left Office:	TERM Time in Office:	TOTAL Time in Office:	Election Wins:
	1.	33rd	Sir Thomas Playford (1896–1981) GCMG		Liberal & Country League	MP for Gumeracha (1938–1968)	5 November 1938	10 March 1965		7008831297600000000♠26 years, 125 days	1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962
	2.	39th	John Bannon (1943–2015) AO		Labor	MP for Ross Smith (1977–1993)	10 November 1982	4 September 1992		7008309852000000000♠9 years, 299 days	1982 1985 1989
	3.	44th	Mike Rann (1953– ) CNZM		Labor	MP for Ramsay (1993–2012)	5 March 2002	21 October 2011		7008303890400000000♠9 years, 230 days	2002 2006 2010
	4.	35th	Don Dunstan (1926–1999) AC, QC		Labor	MP for Norwood (1953–1979)	1 June 1967	17 April 1968	7007277344000000000♠321 days	9 years, 214 days	1970 1973 1975 1977
							2 June 1970	15 February 1979	7008274752000000000♠8 years, 258 days
	5.	31st	Sir Richard Butler (1885–1966) KCMG		Liberal & Country League	MP for Wooroora (1921–1938)	8 April 1927	17 April 1930	7007954504000000000♠3 years, 9 days	8 years, 210 days	1927 1933 1938
18 April 1933							5 November 1938	7008175154400000000♠5 years, 201 days
	6.	25th	Archibald Peake (1859–1920)		Liberal & Democratic Union	MP for Victoria & Albert (1902–1915) Alexandra (1915–1920)	5 June 1909	3 June 1910	7007313632000000000♠363 days	6 years, 312 days	1912 1918
					Liberal Union		17 February 1912	3 April 1915	7007985608000000000♠3 years, 45 days
14 July 1917							8 April 1920	7007863568000000000♠2 years, 269 days
	7.	20th	Charles Kingston (1850–1908)		Non-Party Liberalism	MP for West Adelaide (1881–1900)	16 June 1893	1 December 1899		7008203860800000000♠6 years, 168 days	1893 1896 1899
	8.	45th	Jay Weatherill (1964– )		Labor	MP for Cheltenham (2002– )	21 October 2011	Incumbent		7008161848800000000♠5 years, 47 days[1]	2014
	9.	42nd	John Olsen (1945– ) AO		Liberal	MP for Kavel (1992–2002)	28 November 1996	22 October 2001		7008154569600000000♠4 years, 328 days	1997
	10.	8th	Sir Henry Ayers (1821–1897) GCMG		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1893)	15 July 1863	4 August 1864	7007332856000000000♠1 year, 20 days	4 years, 34 days
20 September 1865							23 October 1865	7006285120000000000♠33 days
3 May 1867							24 September 1868	7007439992000000000♠1 year, 144 days
13 October 1868							3 November 1868	7006181440000000000♠21 days
22 January 1872							22 July 1873	7007446040000000000♠1 year, 151 days
	11.	28th	Sir Henry Barwell (1877–1959) KCMG		Liberal Federation	MP for Stanley (1915–1925)	8 April 1920	16 April 1924		7008126921600000000♠4 years, 8 days	1921
	12.	17th	Thomas Playford (1837–1915)		No Party Alignment	MP for Newcastle (1887–1890) East Torrens (1890–1894)	11 June 1887	27 June 1889	7007644976000000000♠2 years, 16 days	3 years, 323 days
19 August 1890							21 June 1892	7007580824000000000♠1 year, 307 days
	13.	24th	Thomas Price (1852–1909)		Labor	MP for Torrens (1902–1909)	26 July 1905	5 June 1909		7008121802400000000♠3 years, 314 days	1905 1906
	14.	22nd	John Jenkins (1851–1923)		Non-Party Liberalism	MP for Torrens (1901–1905)	15 May 1901	1 March 1905		7008119728800000000♠3 years, 290 days	1902
	15.	30th	Lionel Hill (1881–1963)		Labor	MP for Port Pirie (1918–1933)	28 August 1926	8 April 1927	7007192672000000000♠223 days	3 years, 160 days	1930
							17 April 1930	13 February 1933	7007892080000000000♠2 years, 302 days
	16.	38th	Dr David Tonkin (1929–2000) AO		Liberal	MP for Bragg (1970–1983)	18 September 1979	10 November 1982		7007992520000000000♠3 years, 53 days	1979
	17.	11th	Sir James Boucaut (1831–1916) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Encounter Bay (1875–1878)	28 March 1866	3 May 1867	7007346680000000000♠1 year, 36 days	3 years, 10 days
3 June 1875							6 June 1876	7007318168000000000♠1 year, 3 days
26 October 1877							27 September 1878	7007290304000000000♠336 days
	18.	15th	Sir John Bray (1842–1894) KCMG, JP		No Party Alignment	MP for East Adelaide (1871–1892)	24 June 1881	16 June 1884		7007940464000000000♠2 years, 358 days
	19.	41st	Dean Brown (1943– ) AO		Liberal	MP for Finniss (1993–2006)	14 December 1993	28 November 1996		7007933552000000000♠2 years, 350 days	1993
	20.	14th	Sir William Morgan (1828–1883) KCMG		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1867–1884)	27 September 1878	24 June 1881		7007864432000000000♠2 years, 270 days
	21.	9th	Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1890) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Gumeracha (1857–1868)	4 August 1864	22 March 1865	7007198720000000000♠230 days	2 years, 254 days
MP for Gumeracha (1870–1875)						10 November 1871	22 January 1872	7006630720000000000♠73 days
						22 July 1873	3 June 1875	7007588600000000000♠1 year, 316 days
	22.	16th	Sir John Downer (1843–1915) KCMG, QC		No Party Alignment	MP for Barossa (1878–1901)	16 June 1885	11 June 1887	7007626616000000000♠1 year, 360 days	2 year, 239 days
					Non-Party Conservatism		15 October 1892	16 June 1893	7007210816000000000♠244 days
	23.	4th	Sir Richard Hanson (1805–1876)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1861)	30 September 1857	9 May 1860		7007822960000000000♠2 years, 222 days
	24.	13th	Sir John Colton (1823–1902) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Noarlunga (1875–1878) (1889–1887)	6 June 1876	26 October 1877	7007438264000000000♠1 year, 142 days	2 years, 142 days
16 June 1884							16 June 1885	7007315576000000000♠1 year, 0 days
	25.	29th	John Gunn (1884–1959)		Labor	MP for Adelaide (1918–1926)	16 April 1924	28 August 1926		7007746928000000000♠2 years, 134 days	1924
	26.	27th	Crawford Vaughan (1874–1947)		Labor	MP for Sturt (1915–1918)	3 April 1915	14 July 1917		7007719280000000000♠2 years, 102 days	1915
	27.	34th	Frank Walsh (1897–1968)		Labor	MP for Edwardstown (1956–1968)	10 March 1965	1 June 1967		7007702864000000000♠2 years, 83 days	1965
	28.	36th	Steele Hall (1928– )		Liberal & Country League	MP for Gouger (1959–1973)	17 April 1968	2 June 1970		7007670896000000000♠2 years, 46 days	1968
	29.	10th	John Hart (1809–1873)		No Party Alignment	MP for Port Adelaide (1862–1866) Light (1868–1870) The Burra (1870–1873)	23 October 1865	28 March 1866	7007134784000000000♠156 days	1 year, 339 days
24 September 1868							13 October 1868	7006164160000000000♠19 days
30 May 1870							10 November 1871	7007457272000000000♠1 year, 164 days
	30.	19th	Sir Frederick Holder (1850–1909) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Burra (1887–1901)	21 June 1892	15 October 1892	7007100224000000000♠116 days	1 year, 274 days
					Non-Party Liberalism		8 December 1899	15 May 1901	7007452088000000000♠1 year, 158 days
	31.	6th	George Waterhouse (1824–1906)		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1860–1864)	8 October 1861	4 July 1863		7007547992000000000♠1 year, 269 days
	32.	26th	John Verran (1856–1932)		Labor	MP for Wallaroo (1901–1918)	3 June 1910	17 February 1912		7007539352000000000♠1 year, 259 days	1910
	33.	12th	Henry Strangways (1832–1920)		No Party Alignment	MP for West Torrens (1862–1871)	3 November 1868	30 May 1870		7007495288000000000♠1 year, 208 days
	34.	5th	Thomas Reynolds (1818–1875)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1860–1862)	9 May 1860	8 October 1861		7007446904000000000♠1 year, 152 days
	35.	40th	Lynn Arnold (1949– ) AO		Labor	MP for Ramsay (1985–1993)	4 September 1992	14 December 1993		7007402840000000000♠1 year, 101 days
	36.	18th	Sir John Cockburn (1850–1929) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Mount Barker (1887–1898)	27 June 1889	19 August 1890		7007361368000000000♠1 year, 53 days	1890
	37.	1st	Boyle Travers Finniss (1807–1893)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1860)	24 October 1856	21 August 1857		7007260064000000000♠301 days
	38.	37th	Des Corcoran (1928–2004) AO		Labor	MP for Hartley (1977–1982)	15 February 1979	18 September 1979		7007185760000000000♠215 days
	39.	7th	Francis Dutton (1818–1877) CMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Light (1862–1865)	4 July 1863	15 July 1863	7005950400000000000♠11 days	193 days
22 March 1865							20 September 1865	7007157248000000000♠182 days
	40.	43rd	Rob Kerin (1954– )		Liberal	MP for Frome (1993–2008)	22 October 2001	5 April 2002		7007142560000000000♠165 days
	41.	23rd	Sir Richard Butler (1850–1925)		Non-Party Conservatism	MP for Barossa (1902–1924)	1 March 1905	26 July 1905		7007127008000000000♠147 days
	42.	32nd	Robert Richards (1885–1967)		Labor	MP for Wallaroo (1918–1949)	13 February 1933	18 April 1933		7006552960000000000♠64 days
	43.	3rd	Sir Robert Torrens (1814–1884) GCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1858)	1 September 1857	30 September 1857		7006250560000000000♠29 days
	44.	2nd	John Baker (1813–1872)		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1861)	21 August 1857	1 September 1857		7005950400000000000♠11 days
	45.	21st	Vaiben Louis Solomon (1853–1908)		Non-Party Conservatism	MP for Northern Territory (1891–1901)	1 December 1899	8 December 1899		7005604800000000000♠7 days

Total time in office of political parties in South Australia

South Australian Parliament – 58483 days as of 7 December 2016

Before Political Parties

• Independent – 13141 days
• Non-Party Conservatism – 401 days.
• Non-Party Liberalism – 4271 days.

Since 26 July 1905

• Australian Labor Party – 19036 days as of 7 December 2016.
• Conservative or Liberal: 21570 days.
  • Liberal and Country League – 12427 days.
  • Liberal Party of Australia – 4155 days.
  • Liberal Federation – 2453 days.
  • Liberal Union – 2141 days.
  • Liberal and Democratic Union – 394 days.

Notes

See also

• Premier of South Australia
• List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Australian State Premiers 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