President of the South Australian Legislative Council

President of the Legislative Council
Incumbent Terry Stephens (Liberal) since 5 February 2020
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Elected by the South Australian Legislative Council
Inaugural holder	James Hurtle Fisher
Formation	22 April 1857

The president of the South Australian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the South Australian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia. The other presiding officer is the speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.

The current president is Liberal MLC Terry Stephens.

List of presidents of the Legislative Council

President	Party (if applicable)	Term in office
James Hurtle Fisher		1857–1865
John Morphett		1865–1873
William Milne		1873–1881
Henry Ayers		1881–1893
Richard Baker		1893–1901
Lancelot Stirling		1901–1932
David Gordon	Liberal and Country League	1932–1944
Walter Gordon Duncan	Liberal and Country League	1944–1962
Les Densley	Liberal and Country League	1962–1967
Lyell McEwin	Liberal and Country League/Liberal Party of Australia (SA)	1967–1975
Frank Potter	Liberal Party of Australia	1975–1978
Arthur Whyte	Liberal Party of Australia	1978–1985
Anne Levy	Australian Labor Party (SA)	1986–1989
Gordon Bruce	Australian Labor Party	1989–1993
Peter Dunn	Liberal Party of Australia	1994–1997
Jamie Irwin	Liberal Party of Australia	1997–2002
Ron Roberts	Australian Labor Party	2002–2006
Bob Sneath	Australian Labor Party	2006–2012
John Gazzola	Australian Labor Party	2012–2014
Russell Wortley	Australian Labor Party	2014–2018
Andrew McLachlan	Liberal Party of Australia	2018–2020
Terry Stephens	Liberal Party of Australia	2020–present

References

• Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007