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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

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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
  1. 33rd Sir Thomas Playford
(1896–1981)
GCMG 		  Liberal & Country League MP for Murray
(1933–1938)
Gumeracha
(1938–1968) 		5 November 1938 10 March 1965   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   9 years, 299 days 1982 1985
1989
  3. 44th Mike Rann
(1953– )
AC, CNZM 		  Labor MP for Ramsay
(1993–2012) 		5 March 2002 21 October 2011   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 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 		  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) 		  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 		  Non-Party
Liberalism 		MP for West Adelaide
(1881–1900) 		16 June 1893 1 December 1899   6 years, 168 days 1893 1896
1899
  8. 45th Jay Weatherill
(1964– )
AO 		  Labor MP for Cheltenham
(2002–2018) 		21 October 2011 19 March 2018   6 years, 149 days 2014
  9. 42nd John Olsen
(1945– )
AO 		  Liberal MP for Kavel
(1992–2002) 		28 November 1996 22 October 2001   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 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 		  Liberal Federation MP for Stanley
(1915–1925) 		8 April 1920 16 April 1924   4 years, 8 days 1921
  12. 46th Steven Marshall
(1968– ) 		  Liberal MP for Norwood
(2010–2014)
Dunstan
(2014–) 		19 March 2018 21 March 2022   4 years, 2 days 2018
  13. 17th Thomas Playford
(1837–1915) 		  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) 		  Labor MP for Torrens
(1902–1909) 		26 July 1905 5 June 1909   3 years, 314 days 1905 1906
  15. 22nd John Jenkins
(1851–1923) 		  Non-Party
Liberalism 		MP for Torrens
(1901–1905) 		15 May 1901 1 March 1905   3 years, 290 days 1902
  16. 13th Lionel Hill
(1881–1963) 		  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 		  Liberal MP for Bragg
(1970–1983) 		18 September 1979 10 November 1982   3 years, 53 days 1979
  18. 11th Sir James Boucaut
(1831–1916)
KCMG 		  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 		  No Party Alignment MP for East Adelaide
(1871–1892) 		24 June 1881 16 June 1884   2 years, 358 days
  20. 41st Dean Brown
(1943– )
AO 		Liberal MP for Finniss
(1993–2006) 		14 December 1993 28 November 1996   2 years, 350 days 1993
  21. 14th Sir William Morgan
(1828–1883)
KCMG 		  No Party Alignment Member of the
Legislative Council
(1867–1884) 		27 September 1878 24 June 1881   2 years, 270 days
  22. 47th Peter Malinauskas
(1980– ) 		  Labor Member of the
Legislative Council
(2015–2018)
MP for Croydon
(2018– ) 		21 March 2022 Incumbent   2 years, 273 days[1] 2022
  23. 9th Sir Arthur Blyth
(1823–1891)
KCMG 		  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 		  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) 		  No Party Alignment MP for Adelaide
(1857–1861) 		30 September 1857 9 May 1860   2 years, 222 days
  26. 13th Sir John Colton
(1823–1902)
KCMG 		  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) 		  Labor MP for Adelaide
(1918–1926) 		16 April 1924 28 August 1926   2 years, 134 days 1924
  28. 27th Crawford Vaughan
(1874–1947) 		  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) 		  Labor MP for Edwardstown
(1956–1968) 		10 March 1965 1 June 1967   2 years, 83 days 1965
  30. 36th Steele Hall
(1928–2024) 		  Liberal & Country League MP for Gouger
(1959–1973) 		17 April 1968 2 June 1970   2 years, 46 days 1968
  31. 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 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 		  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) 		  No Party Alignment Member of the
Legislative Council
(1860–1864) 		8 October 1861 4 July 1863   1 year, 269 days
  34. 26th John Verran
(1856–1932) 		  Labor MP for Wallaroo
(1901–1918) 		3 June 1910 17 February 1912   1 year, 259 days 1910
  35. 12th Henry Strangways
(1832–1920) 		  No Party Alignment MP for West Torrens
(1862–1871) 		3 November 1868 30 May 1870   1 year, 208 days
  36. 5th Thomas Reynolds
(1818–1875) 		  No Party Alignment MP for Adelaide
(1860–1862) 		9 May 1860 8 October 1861   1 year, 152 days
  37. 40th Lynn Arnold
(1949– )
AO 		Labor MP for Ramsay
(1985–1993) 		4 September 1992 14 December 1993   1 year, 101 days
  38. 18th Sir John Cockburn
(1850–1929)
KCMG 		  No Party Alignment MP for Mount Barker
(1887–1898) 		27 June 1889 19 August 1890   1 year, 53 days 1890
  39. 1st Boyle Travers Finniss
(1807–1893) 		  No Party Alignment MP for Adelaide
(1857–1860) 		24 October 1856 21 August 1857   301 days
  40. 37th Des Corcoran
(1928–2004)
AO 		  Labor MP for Hartley
(1977–1982) 		15 February 1979 18 September 1979   215 days
  41. 7th Francis Dutton
(1818–1877)
CMG 		  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) 		  Non-Party
Conservatism 		MP for Barossa
(1902–1924) 		1 March 1905 26 July 1905   147 days
  43. 43rd Rob Kerin
(1954– ) 		Liberal MP for Frome
(1993–2008) 		22 October 2001 5 March 2002   134 days
  44. 32nd Robert Richards
(1885–1967) 		  Parliamentary Labor MP for Wallaroo
(1918–1949) 		13 February 1933 18 April 1933   64 days
  45. 3rd Sir Robert Torrens
(1814–1884)
GCMG 		  No Party Alignment MP for Adelaide
(1857–1858) 		1 September 1857 30 September 1857   29 days
  46. 2nd John Baker
(1813–1872) 		  No Party Alignment Member of the
Legislative Council
(1857–1861) 		21 August 1857 1 September 1857   11 days
  47. 21st Vaiben Louis Solomon
(1853–1908) 		  Non-Party
Conservatism 		MP for Northern Territory
(1891–1901) 		1 December 1899 8 December 1899   7 days

Total time in office of political parties in South Australia

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South Australian Parliament – 61417 days as of 19 December 2024

Current parties

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Other parties

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Before political parties

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Peter Malinauskas's time in office as of 19 December 2024

See also

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