President of the South Australian Legislative Council

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 Russell Wortley of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

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	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–present

References

Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007

Government of South Australia

Executive	Monarchy Governor Cabinet Premier Deputy Premier Treasurer Attorney-General Police

Legislative	Parliament House of Assembly Legislative Council Speaker of the House of Assembly President of the Legislative Council MHAs MLCs Opposition Leader Electoral districts

Judicial	Supreme Court District Court Industrial Relations Court Magistrates Court Coroner's Court Other courts and tribunals

Presiding officers of Australian legislatures

Australian Parliament

Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tony Smith (Lib)

President of the Senate	Stephen Parry (Lib)

New South Wales

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Shelley Hancock (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Don Harwin (Lib)

Victoria

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Telmo Languiller (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Bruce Atkinson (Lib)

Queensland

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Peter Wellington (Ind)

Western Australia

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Michael Sutherland (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Barry House (Lib)

South Australia

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Michael Atkinson (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Russell Wortley (ALP)

Tasmania

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Elise Archer (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Jim Wilkinson (Ind)

Northern Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Kezia Purick (Ind)

Australian Capital Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Vicki Dunne (Lib)

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