Premiers of South Australia
List of Premiers of South Australia
Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in South Australia. Party labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.
See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.
| Premier | Party | Took office |
|---|---|---|
| Boyle Finnis | - | 24 October 1856 |
| John Baker | - | 21 August 1857 |
| Robert Torrens | - | 1 September 1857 |
| Richard Hanson | - | 30 September 1857 |
| Thomas Reynolds | - | 9 May 1860 |
| George Waterhouse | - | 8 October 1861 |
| Francis Dutton | - | 4 July 1863 |
| Henry Ayers | - | 15 July 1863 |
| Arthur Blyth | - | 4 August 1864 |
| Francis Dutton | - | 22 March 1865 |
| Henry Ayers | - | 20 September 1865 |
| John Hart | - | 23 October 1865 |
| James Boucaut | - | 28 March 1866 |
| Henry Ayers | - | 3 May 1867 |
| John Hart | - | 24 September 1868 |
| Henry Ayers | - | 13 October 1868 |
| Henry Strangways | - | 3 November 1868 |
| John Hart | - | 30 May 1870 |
| Arthur Blyth | - | 10 November 1871 |
| Sir Henry Ayers | - | 22 January 1872 |
| Arthur Blyth | - | 22 July 1873 |
| James Boucaut | - | 3 June 1875 |
| John Colton | - | 6 June 1876 |
| James Boucaut | - | 26 October 1877 |
| William Morgan | - | 27 September 1878 |
| John Bray | - | 24 June 1881 |
| John Colton | - | 16 June 1884 |
| John Downer | - | 16 June 1885 |
| Thomas Playford | - | 11 June 1887 |
| John Cockburn | - | 27 June 1889 |
| Thomas Playford | - | 19 August 1890 |
| Frederick Holder | - | 21 June 1892 |
| Sir John Downer | - | 15 October 1892 |
| Charles Kingston | Liberal | 16 June 1893 |
| Vaiben Solomon | Conservative | 1 December 1899 |
| Frederick Holder | Liberal | 8 December 1899 |
| John Jenkins | Liberal | 15 May 1901 |
| Richard Butler | Conservative | 1 March 1905 |
| Thomas Price | Labor | 26 July 1905 |
| Archibald Peake | Comwlth Liberal | 5 June 1909 |
| John Verran | Labor | 3 June 1910 |
| Archibald Peake | Comwlth Liberal | 17 February 1912 |
| Crawford Vaughan | Labor | 3 April 1915 |
| Archibald Peake | Liberal | 14 July 1917 |
| Henry Barwell | Liberal | 8 April 1920 |
| John Gunn | Labor | 16 April 1924 |
| Lionel Hill | Labor | 28 August 1926 |
| Richard L. Butler | Liberal | 8 April 1927 |
| Lionel Hill | Labor | 17 April 1930 |
| Robert Richards | Labor | 13 February 1933 |
| Richard L. Butler | Liberal Country | 18 April 1933 |
| Sir Thomas Playford | Liberal Country | 5 November 1938 |
| Frank Walsh | Labor | 10 March 1965 |
| Don Dunstan | Labor | 1 June 1967 |
| Steele Hall | Liberal | 17 April 1968 |
| Don Dunstan | Labor | 2 June 1970 |
| Des Corcoran | Labor | 15 February 1979 |
| Dr David Tonkin | Liberal | 18 September 1979 |
| John Bannon | Labor | 10 November 1982 |
| Lynn Arnold | Labor | 4 September 1992 |
| Dean Brown | Liberal | 14 December 1993 |
| John Olsen | Liberal | 28 November 1996 |
| Rob Kerin | Liberal | 22 October 2001 |
| Mike Rann | Labor | 5 April 2002 |