Treasurer of South Australia

Treasurer of South Australia
Incumbent
Tom Koutsantonis
since 26 March 2014
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of South Australia
Term length At the Governor's pleasure

The Treasurer of South Australia is the title held by the Cabinet minister who is responsible for the financial management of South Australia's budget sector.

The current Treasurer since 2014 is Tom Koutsantonis of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

List of South Australian Treasurers

The following is a list of Treasurers of South Australia, from 1839 to present. As self-government and the Parliament of South Australia began in 1857, no official parliament record was kept and no definite evidence of the official holder of the office could be found prior to that year.[1][2][3]

Before self-government

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Treasurer Start of term End of term
Osmond Gilles c. 1836
John Alexander Jackson 1 Oct 1839 16 Oct 1841
Robert Gouger 1841 1844
James William MacDonald 1844 1845
Charles Sturt 1845 1847
Boyle Travers Finniss 28 April 1847 May 1849[4]
W. H. Maturin May 1849[4] 1849
Boyle Travers Finniss 1849
Robert Richard Torrens 1852

With self-government

Treasurer Party Start of term End of term
Robert Torrens 24 Oct 1856 21 Aug 1857
John Hart 21 Aug 1857 1 Sep 1857
John Bristow Hughes 1 Sep 1857 30 Sep 1857
John Hart 30 Sep 1857 12 Jun 1858
B.T. Finniss 12 Jun 1858 9 May 1860
Thomas Reynolds 9 May 1860 8 Oct 1861
Arthur Blyth 8 Oct 1861 17 Oct 1861
Thomas Reynolds 17 Oct 1861 19 Feb 1862
Arthur Blyth 19 Feb 1862 4 Jul 1863
Lavington Glyde 4 Jul 1863 15 Jul 1863
John Hart 15 Jul 1863 22 Mar 1865
Thomas Reynolds 22 Mar 1865 20 Sep 1865
Arthur Blyth 20 Sep 1865 23 Oct 1865
Walter Duffield 23 Oct 1865 3 May 1867
Thomas Reynolds 3 May 1867 24 Sep 1868
Neville Blyth 24 Sep 1868 13 Oct 1868
Thomas Reynolds 13 Oct 1868 3 Nov 1868
Henry Kent Hughes 3 Nov 1868 12 May 1870
Edward Hamilton 12 May 1870 30 May 1870
John Hart 30 May 1870 10 Nov 1871
Arthur Blyth 10 Nov 1871 22 Jan 1872
Henry Kent Hughes 22 Jan 1872 4 Mar 1872
John Henry Barrow 4 Mar 1872 22 Jul 1873
Lavington Glyde 22 Jul 1873 25 May 1875
George Charles Hawker 25 May 1875 3 Jun 1875
John Colton 3 Jun 1875 25 Mar 1876
Arthur Blyth 25 Mar 1876 6 Jun 1876
Robert Dalrymple Ross 6 Jun 1876 26 Oct 1877
James Boucaut 26 Oct 1877 27 Sep 1878
Charles Mann 27 Sep 1878 10 Mar 1881
George Fowler 10 Mar 1881 10 May 1881
William Benjamin Rounsevell 10 May 1881 24 Jun 1881
Lavington Glyde 24 Jun 1881 23 Apr 1884
John Cox Bray 23 Apr 1884 16 Jun 1884
William Benjamin Rounsevell 16 Jun 1884 16 Jun 1885
Simpson Newland 16 Jun 1885 8 Jun 1886
John Cox Bray 8 Jun 1886 11 Jun 1887
Thomas Playford II 11 Jun 1887 27 Jun 1889
Frederick Holder 27 Jun 1889 19 Aug 1890
Thomas Playford II 19 Aug 1890 6 Jan 1892
William Benjamin Rounsevell 6 Jan 1892 21 Jun 1892
Frederick Holder 21 Jun 1892 15 Oct 1892
William Benjamin Rounsevell 15 Oct 1892 12 May 1893
John Downer 12 May 1893 16 Jun 1893
Thomas Playford II 16 Jun 1893 17 Apr 1894
Frederick Holder liberalism 17 Apr 1894 1 Dec 1899
Vaiben Louis Solomon conservatism 1 Dec 1899 8 Dec 1899
Frederick Holder liberalism 8 Dec 1899 15 May 1901
Richard Butler conservatism 15 May 1901 26 Jul 1905
Archibald Peake liberalism/Liberal and Democratic Union 26 Jul 1905 22 Dec 1909
Richard Butler conservatism 22 Dec 1909 3 Jun 1910
Crawford Vaughan United Labor Party 3 Jun 1910 17 Feb 1912
Archibald Peake Liberal Union 17 Feb 1912 3 Apr 1915
Crawford Vaughan United Labor Party/
National Party 		3 Apr 1915 14 Jul 1917
Richard Butler Liberal Union 14 Jul 1917 7 May 1919
Archibald Peake Liberal Union 15 May 1919 6 Apr 1920
George Ritchie Liberal Union 8 Apr 1920 3 Nov 1922
William Hague Liberal Union/
Liberal Federation 		3 Nov 1922 16 Apr 1924
John Gunn Australian Labor Party (SA) 16 Apr 1924 28 Aug 1926
Lionel Hill Australian Labor Party 28 Aug 1926 8 Apr 1927
Richard Layton Butler Liberal Federation 8 Apr 1927 17 Apr 1930
Lionel Hill Australian Labor Party/
Parliamentary Labor Party 		17 Apr 1930 13 Feb 1933
Robert Richards Parliamentary Labor Party 13 Feb 1933 18 Apr 1933
Richard Layton Butler Liberal and Country League 18 Apr 1933 5 Nov 1938
Thomas Playford IV Liberal and Country League 5 Nov 1938 10 Mar 1965
Frank Walsh Australian Labor Party 10 Mar 1965 1 Jun 1967
Don Dunstan Australian Labor Party 1 Jun 1967 16 Apr 1968
Glen Pearson Liberal and Country League 17 Apr 1968 2 Mar 1970
Steele Hall Liberal and Country League 2 Mar 1970 2 Jun 1970
Don Dunstan Australian Labor Party 2 Jun 1970 15 Feb 1979
Des Corcoran Australian Labor Party 15 Feb 1979 18 Sep 1979
David Tonkin Liberal Party of Australia (SA) 18 Sep 1979 10 Nov 1982
John Bannon Australian Labor Party 10 Nov 1982 4 Sep 1992
Frank Blevins Australian Labor Party 4 Sep 1992 14 Dec 1993
Stephen Baker Liberal Party of Australia 14 Dec 1993 10 Oct 1997
Rob Lucas Liberal Party of Australia 20 Oct 1997 5 Mar 2002
Kevin Foley Australian Labor Party 6 Mar 2002 8 Feb 2011
Jack Snelling Australian Labor Party 8 Feb 2011 21 Jan 2013
Jay Weatherill Australian Labor Party 21 Jan 2013 26 Mar 2014
Tom Koutsantonis Australian Labor Party 26 Mar 2014 present

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007: SA Parliament
  2. ↑ Penny, B. R. "Jackson, John Alexander (1809–1885)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Macdonald, James William". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
  4. 1 2 "Local Intelligence". South Australian Register. XIII, (940). South Australia. 16 May 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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