Treasurer of South Australia

Treasurer of South Australia
Incumbent
Rob Lucas
since 19 March 2018
Department of Treasury and Finance
Style The Honourable
Member of Government of South Australia
Reports to Parliament of South Australia
Appointer Governor of South Australia
Term length At the Governor's pleasure
Formation 24 October 1856 (1856-10-24)
First holder Robert Torrens

The Treasurer of South Australia is the Cabinet minister in the Government of South Australia who is responsible for the financial management of that state's budget sector.

The current Treasurer since 2018 is The Hon. Rob Lucas MLC, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia (SA).

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 Gillesc. 1836
John Alexander Jackson1 Oct 183916 Oct 1841
Robert Gouger18411844
James William MacDonald18441845
Charles Sturt18451847
Boyle Travers Finniss28 April 1847May 1849[4]
William MaturinMay 1849[4]1849
Boyle Travers Finniss1849
Robert Richard Torrens1852

With self-government

Ordinal Name Party affiliation Term start Term end Time in office
1Robert Torrens24 October 185621 August 1857
2John Hart21 Aug 18571 Sep 1857
3John Bristow Hughes1 Sep 185730 Sep 1857
–John Hart30 Sep 185712 Jun 1858
4B. T. Finniss12 Jun 18589 May 1860
5Thomas Reynolds9 May 18608 Oct 1861
6Arthur Blyth8 Oct 186117 Oct 1861
–Thomas Reynolds17 Oct 186119 Feb 1862
–Arthur Blyth19 Feb 18624 Jul 1863
7Lavington Glyde4 Jul 186315 Jul 1863
–John Hart15 Jul 186322 Mar 1865
–Thomas Reynolds22 Mar 186520 Sep 1865
–Arthur Blyth20 Sep 186523 Oct 1865
8Walter Duffield23 Oct 18653 May 1867
–Thomas Reynolds3 May 186724 Sep 1868
9Neville Blyth24 Sep 186813 Oct 1868
–Thomas Reynolds13 Oct 18683 Nov 1868
10Henry Kent Hughes3 Nov 186812 May 1870
11Edward Hamilton12 May 187030 May 1870
–John Hart30 May 187010 Nov 1871
–Arthur Blyth10 Nov 187122 Jan 1872
–Henry Kent Hughes22 Jan 18724 Mar 1872
12John Henry Barrow4 Mar 187222 Jul 1873
–Lavington Glyde22 Jul 187325 May 1875
13George Charles Hawker25 May 18753 Jun 1875
14John Colton3 Jun 187525 Mar 1876
–Arthur Blyth25 Mar 18766 Jun 1876
15Robert Dalrymple Ross6 Jun 187626 Oct 1877
16James Boucaut26 Oct 187727 Sep 1878
17Charles Mann27 Sep 187810 Mar 1881
18George Fowler10 Mar 188110 May 1881
–William Benjamin Rounsevell10 May 188124 Jun 1881
–Lavington Glyde24 Jun 188123 Apr 1884
19John Cox Bray23 Apr 188416 Jun 1884
–William Benjamin Rounsevell16 Jun 188416 Jun 1885
20Simpson Newland16 Jun 18858 Jun 1886
–John Cox Bray8 Jun 188611 Jun 1887
21Thomas Playford II11 Jun 188727 Jun 1889
22Frederick Holder27 Jun 188919 Aug 1890
–Thomas Playford II19 Aug 18906 Jan 1892
23William Benjamin Rounsevell6 Jan 189221 Jun 1892
–Frederick Holder21 Jun 189215 Oct 1892
–William Benjamin Rounsevell15 Oct 189212 May 1893
24John Downer12 May 189316 Jun 1893
–Thomas Playford II16 Jun 189317 Apr 1894
–Frederick Holderliberalism17 Apr 18941 Dec 1899
25Vaiben Louis Solomonconservatism1 Dec 18998 Dec 1899
–Frederick Holderliberalism8 Dec 189915 May 1901
26Richard Butlerconservatism15 May 190126 Jul 1905
27Archibald Peakeliberalism/Liberal and Democratic Union26 Jul 190522 Dec 1909
–Richard Butlerconservatism22 Dec 19093 Jun 1910
28Crawford VaughanUnited Labor Party3 Jun 191017 Feb 1912
–Archibald PeakeLiberal Union17 Feb 19123 Apr 1915
–Crawford VaughanUnited Labor Party/
National Party		3 Apr 191514 Jul 1917
–Richard ButlerLiberal Union14 Jul 19177 May 1919
–Archibald PeakeLiberal Union15 May 19196 Apr 1920
29George RitchieLiberal Union8 Apr 19203 Nov 1922
30William HagueLiberal Union/
Liberal Federation		3 Nov 192216 Apr 1924
31John GunnLabor SA16 Apr 192428 Aug 1926
32Lionel HillLabor SA28 Aug 19268 Apr 1927
33Richard Layton ButlerLiberal Federation8 Apr 192717 Apr 1930
–Lionel HillLabor SA/
Parliamentary Labor Party		17 Apr 193013 Feb 1933
34Robert RichardsParliamentary Labor Party13 Feb 193318 Apr 1933
–Richard Layton ButlerLiberal and Country League18 Apr 19335 Nov 1938
35Thomas Playford IVLiberal and Country League5 Nov 193810 Mar 1965
36Frank WalshLabor SA10 Mar 19651 Jun 1967
37Don DunstanLabor SA1 Jun 196716 Apr 1968
38Glen PearsonLiberal and Country League17 Apr 19682 Mar 1970
39Steele HallLiberal and Country League2 Mar 19702 Jun 1970
–Don DunstanLabor SA2 Jun 197015 Feb 1979
40Des CorcoranLabor SA15 Feb 197918 Sep 1979
41David TonkinLiberals SA18 Sep 197910 Nov 1982
42John BannonLabor SA10 Nov 19824 Sep 1992
43Frank BlevinsLabor SA4 Sep 199214 Dec 1993
44Stephen BakerLiberals SA14 Dec 199310 Oct 1997
45Rob LucasLiberals SA20 Oct 19975 Mar 2002
46Kevin FoleyLabor SA6 Mar 20028 Feb 2011
47Jack SnellingLabor SA8 Feb 201121 Jan 2013
48Jay WeatherillLabor SA21 Jan 201326 Mar 2014
49Tom KoutsantonisLabor SA26 Mar 201419 Mar 2018
–Rob LucasLiberals SA19 March 2018present208 days

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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