Deputy Premier of South Australia
Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
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At the Governor's pleasure | |
Formation | 26 March 1968 |
First holder | Des Corcoran |
The deputy premier of South Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of South Australia. The deputy premiership is a ministerial portfolio in the Cabinet of South Australia, and the deputy premier is appointed by the governor on the advice of the premier of South Australia.
The current deputy premier since 2022 is
History
The office of Deputy Premier was created in March 1968. The first to serve in the position was Labor deputy leader Des Corcoran. Prior to that time the term was sometimes used unofficially for the second-highest ranking minister in the government, usually the Treasurer.
In both Labor and
Two deputy premiers have subsequently become Premier in their own right: Des Corcoran and Rob Kerin. This last happened in 2001, when Rob Kerin became premier after John Olsen's resignation. Dean Brown did the reverse, becoming Deputy Premier to Rob Kerin, 5 years after his own premiership ended at the hands of John Olsen.
South Australia's longest-serving deputy premier is Kevin Foley, who served in the position from March 2002 to February 2011.
Duties
The duties of the deputy premier are to act on behalf of the premier in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The deputy premier has additionally always held at least one substantive portfolio. It is possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Premier, but this has never happened.
If the premier were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor would normally appoint the deputy premier as Premier. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Premier.
List of deputy premiers of South Australia
No. | Portrait | Name Electoral district (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Premier | |||
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Term start | Term end | |||||||
1 | Des Corcoran MHA for Millicent (1928–2004) |
26 March 1968 |
16 April 1968 |
Labor
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Labor (1967–1968) | |||
None (16 April 1968–2 July 1970) |
Liberal and Country League (1968–1970) | |||||||
(1) | Des Corcoran MHA for Millicent (until 1975) MHA for Coles (1975–1977) MHA for Hartley (from 1977) (1928–2004) |
2 July 1970 |
15 March 1979 |
Labor
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Labor (1970–1979) | |||
2 | Hugh Hudson MHA for Brighton (1930–1993) |
15 March 1979 |
18 September 1979 |
Labor
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Labor (1979) | |||
3 | Roger Goldsworthy MHA for Kavel (born 1929) |
18 September 1979 |
10 November 1982 |
Liberal
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Liberal (1979–1982) | |||
4 | Roger Goldsworthy MHA for Adelaide (1927–1998) |
10 November 1982 |
16 July 1985 |
Labor
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Labor (1982–1992) | |||
5 | Don Hopgood MHA for Baudin (born 1938) |
16 July 1985 |
4 September 1992 |
Labor
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6 | Frank Blevins MHA for Giles (1939–2013) |
4 September 1992 |
14 December 1993 |
Labor
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Labor (1992–1993) | |||
7 | Stephen Baker MHA for Waite (born 1946) |
14 December 1993 |
28 November 1996 |
Liberal
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Liberal (1993–1996) | |||
8 | Graham Ingerson MHA for Bragg (born 1941) |
28 November 1996 |
7 July 1998 |
Liberal
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Liberal (1996–2001) | |||
9 | Rob Kerin MHA for Frome (born 1954) |
7 July 1998 |
22 October 2001 |
Liberal
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10 | Dean Brown MHA for Finniss (born 1943) |
22 October 2001 |
5 March 2002 |
Liberal
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Liberal (2001–2002) | |||
11 | Kevin Foley MHA for Port Adelaide (born 1960) |
5 March 2002 |
6 February 2011 |
Labor
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Labor (2002–2011) | |||
12 | John Rau MHA for Enfield (born 1959) |
7 February 2011 |
19 March 2018 |
Labor
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Labor (2011–2018) | |||
13 | Vickie Chapman MHA for Bragg |
19 March 2018 |
22 November 2021 |
Liberal
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Liberal (2018–2022) | |||
14 | Dan van Holst Pellekaan MHA for Stuart |
23 November 2021 |
21 March 2022 |
Liberal
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15 | Susan Close MHA for Port Adelaide (born 1967) |
21 March 2022 |
Incumbent | Labor
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Labor (since 2022) |