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		&1000000000000002600000026 years, &10000000000000125000000125 days	1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962
	2.	39th	John Bannon (1943- ) AO		Labor	MP for Ross Smith (1977–1993)	10 November 1982	4 September 1992		&100000000000000090000009 years, &10000000000000299000000299 days	1982 1985 1989
	3.	44th	Mike Rann (1953- ) CNZM		Labor	MP for Ramsay (1993- )	5 March 2002	21 October 2011		&100000000000000090000009 years, &10000000000000230000000230 days	2002 2006 2010
	4.	35th	Don Dunstan (1926–1999) AC, QC		Labor	MP for Norwood (1953–1979)	1 June 1967	17 April 1968	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000321000000321 days	9 years, 214 days	1970 1973 1975 1977
							2 June 1970	15 February 1979	&100000000000000080000008 years, &10000000000000258000000258 days
	5.	31st	Sir Richard Butler (1885–1966) KCMG		Liberal & Country League	MP for Wooroora (1921–1938)	8 April 1927	17 April 1930	&100000000000000030000003 years, &100000000000000090000009 days	8 years, 210 days	1927 1933 1938
							18 April 1933	5 November 1938	&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000201000000201 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	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000363000000363 days	6 years, 312 days	1912 1918
					Liberal Union		17 February 1912	3 April 1915	&100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000004500000045 days
							14 July 1917	8 April 1920	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000269000000269 days
	7.	20th	Charles Kingston (1850–1908)		Liberalism	MP for West Adelaide (1881–1900)	16 June 1893	1 December 1899		&100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000168000000168 days	1893 1896 1899
	8.	42nd	John Olsen (1945- ) AO		Liberal	MP for Kavel (1992–2002)	28 November 1996	22 October 2001		&100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000328000000328 days	1997
	9.	8th	Sir Henry Ayers (1821–1897) GCMG		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1893)	15 July 1863	4 August 1864	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000002000000020 days	4 years, 34 days
							20 September 1865	23 October 1865	&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000003300000033 days
							3 May 1867	24 September 1868	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000144000000144 days
							13 October 1868	3 November 1868	&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002100000021 days
							22 January 1872	22 July 1873	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000151000000151 days
	10.	28th	Sir Henry Barwell (1877–1959) KCMG		Liberal Federation	MP for Stanley (1915–1925)	8 April 1920	16 April 1924		&100000000000000040000004 years, &100000000000000080000008 days	1921
	11.	17th	Thomas Playford (1837–1915)		No Party Alignment	MP for Newcastle (1887–1890) East Torrens (1890–1894)	11 June 1887	27 June 1889	&100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000001600000016 days	3 years, 323 days
							19 August 1890	21 June 1892	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000307000000307 days
	12.	24th	Thomas Price (1852–1909)		Labor	MP for Torrens (1902–1909)	26 July 1905	5 June 1909		&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000314000000314 days	1905 1906
	13.	22nd	John Jenkins (1851–1923)		Liberalism	MP for Torrens (1901–1905)	15 May 1901	1 March 1905		&100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000290000000290 days	1902
	14.	30th	Lionel Hill (1881–1963)		Labor	MP for Port Pirie (1918–1933)	28 August 1926	8 April 1927	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000223000000223 days	3 years, 160 days	1930
							17 April 1930	13 February 1933	&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000302000000302 days
	15.	38th	Dr David Tonkin (1929–2000) AO		Liberal	MP for Bragg (1970–1983)	18 September 1979	10 November 1982		&100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000005300000053 days	1979
	16.	11th	Sir James Boucaut (1831–1916) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Encounter Bay (1875–1878)	28 March 1866	3 May 1867	&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000003600000036 days	3 years, 10 days
							3 June 1875	6 June 1876	&100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000030000003 days
							26 October 1877	27 September 1878	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000336000000336 days
	17.	15th	Sir John Bray (1842–1894) KCMG, JP		No Party Alignment	MP for East Adelaide (1871–1892)	24 June 1881	16 June 1884		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000358000000358 days
	18.	41st	Dean Brown (tba- ) AO		Liberal	MP for Finniss (1993–2006)	14 December 1993	28 November 1996		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000350000000350 days	1993
	19.	14th	Sir William Morgan (1828–1883) KCMG		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1867–1884)	27 September 1878	24 June 1881		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000270000000270 days
	20.	9th	Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1890) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Gumeracha (1857–1868) (1870–1875)	4 August 1864	22 March 1865	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000230000000230 days	2 years, 254 days
							10 November 1871	22 January 1872	&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000007300000073 days
							22 July 1873	3 June 1875	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000316000000316 days
	21.	16th	Sir John Downer (1843–1915) KCMG, QC		No Party Alignment	MP for Barossa (1878–1901)	16 June 1885	11 June 1887	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000360000000360 days	2 year, 239 days
					Conservatism		15 October 1892	16 June 1893	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000244000000244 days
	22.	4th	Sir Richard Hanson (1805–1876)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1861)	30 September 1857	9 May 1860		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000222000000222 days
	23.	13th	Sir John Colton (1823–1902) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Noarlunga (1875–1878) (1889-1887)	6 June 1876	26 October 1877	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000142000000142 days	2 years, 142 days
							16 June 1884	16 June 1885	&100000000000000010000001 year, &100000000000000000000000 days
	24.	29th	John Gunn (1884–1959)		Labor	MP for Adelaide (1918–1926)	16 April 1924	28 August 1926		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000134000000134 days	1924
	25.	27th	Crawford Vaughan (1874–1947)		Labor	MP for Sturt (1915–1918)	3 April 1915	14 July 1917		&100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000102000000102 days	1915
	26.	34th	Frank Walsh (1897–1968)		Labor	MP for Edwardstown (1956–1968)	10 March 1965	1 June 1967		&100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000008300000083 days	1965
	27.	36th	Steele Hall (1928- )		Liberal & Country League	MP for Gouger (1959–1973)	17 April 1968	2 June 1970		&100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000004600000046 days	1968
	28.	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	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000156000000156 days	1 year, 339 days
							24 September 1868	13 October 1868	&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001900000019 days
							30 May 1870	10 November 1871	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000164000000164 days
	29.	19th	Sir Frederick Holder (1850–1909) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Burra (1887–1901)	21 June 1892	15 October 1892	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000116000000116 days	1 year, 274 days
					Liberalism		8 December 1899	15 May 1901	&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000158000000158 days
	30.	6th	George Waterhouse (1824–1906)		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1860–1864)	8 October 1861	4 July 1863		&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000269000000269 days
	31.	26th	John Verran (1856–1932)		Labor	MP for Wallaroo (1901–1918)	3 June 1910	17 February 1912		&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000259000000259 days	1910
	32.	12th	Henry Strangways (1832–1920)		No Party Alignment	MP for West Torrens (1862–1871)	3 November 1868	30 May 1870		&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000208000000208 days
	33.	5th	Thomas Reynolds (1818–1875)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1860–1862)	9 May 1860	8 October 1861		&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000152000000152 days
	34.	40th	Lynn Arnold (1949- ) AO		Labor	MP for Ramsay (1985–1993)	4 September 1992	14 December 1993		&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000101000000101 days
	35.	18th	Sir John Cockburn (1850–1929) KCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Mount Barker (1887–1898)	27 June 1889	19 August 1890		&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000005300000053 days	1890
	36.	1st	Boyle Finniss (1807–1893)		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1860)	24 October 1856	21 August 1857		&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000301000000301 days
	37.	37th	Des Corcoran (1928–2004) AO		Labor	MP for Hartley (1977–1982)	15 February 1979	18 September 1979		&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000215000000215 days
	38.	7th	Francis Dutton (1818–1877) CMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Light (1862–1865)	4 July 1863	15 July 1863	&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001100000011 days	0 years, 193 days
							22 March 1865	20 September 1865	&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000182000000182 days
	39.	43rd	Rob Kerin (tba- )		Liberal	MP for Frome (1993–2008)	22 October 2001	5 April 2002		&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000165000000165 days
	40.	23rd	Sir Richard Butler (1850–1925)		Conservatism	MP for Barossa (1902–1924)	1 March 1905	26 July 1905		&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000147000000147 days
	41.	45th	Jay Weatherill (1964- )		Labor	MP for Cheltenham (2002- )	21 October 2011	Incumbent		&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000134000000134 days
	42.	32nd	Robert Richards (1885–1967)		Labor	MP for Wallaroo (1918–1949)	13 February 1933	18 April 1933		&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000006400000064 days
	43.	3rd	Sir Robert Torrens (1814–1884) GCMG		No Party Alignment	MP for Adelaide (1857–1858)	1 September 1857	30 September 1857		&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002900000029 days
	44.	2nd	John Baker (1813–1872)		No Party Alignment	Member of the Legislative Council (1857–1861)	21 August 1857	1 September 1857		&100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001100000011 days
	45.	21st	Vaiben Solomon (1853–1908)		Conservatism	MP for Northern Territory (1891–1901)	1 December 1899	8 December 1899		&100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000070000007 days

Total time in office of political parties in South Australia

South Australian Parliament - 56743 days as of 3 March 2012

Before Political Parties

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

Since 26 July 1905

• Australian Labor Party - 17296 days as of 3 March 2012.
• 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.

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