55th Parliament of South Australia

Fifty-fifth Parliament of South Australia
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Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of South Australia
Meeting place	Parliament House
Term	3 May 2022 – present
Election	19 March 2022
Government	Labor
Opposition	Liberal
Legislative Council
Members	Government (9)   Labor (9) Opposition (8)   Liberal (8) Crossbench (5)   Independent (1) [a]   Better Community (1)   Fair Go (1)   Greens (1)   SA-Best (1)
President	Terry Stephens, Liberal
Leader of the Government	Kyam Maher
Leader of the Opposition	Nicola Centofanti
Party control	Labor (minority)
House of Assembly
Members	Government (29)   Labor (29) Opposition (13)   Liberal (13) Crossbench (4)   Independent (4) [b] 1 Vacant
Speaker	Dan Cregan, Independent (until 11 April 2024) Leon Bignell, Labor (from 11 April 2024)
Leader of Government Business	Tom Koutsantonis
Government Whip	Lee Odenwalder
Opposition Whip	David Pisoni
Party control	Labor
Sessions
1st 3 May 2022 – present

The 55th Parliament of South Australia is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the South Australian state government, composed of the South Australian Legislative Council and the South Australian House of Assembly.

Leadership

Legislative Council

Presiding officer

• President of the Legislative Council: Terry Stephens

Government leadership

• Leader of the Government: Kyam Maher
• Government Whip: Ian Hunter

Opposition leadership

• Leader of the Opposition: Nicola Centofanti
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Heidi Girolamo (from 22 January 2025)
• Opposition Whips: Laura Henderson, Dennis Hood (from 2 April 2025)

House of Assembly

Presiding officer

• Speaker of the House of Assembly: Dan Cregan (until 11 April 2024), Leon Bignell (from 11 April 2024)

Government leadership

• Leader of Government Business: Tom Koutsantonis
• Government Whip: Lee Odenwalder

Opposition leadership

• Opposition Whip: David Pisoni
• Manager of Opposition Business: Jack Batty (from 19 August 2024)

Leadership elections

Terry Stephens was elected unopposed as the President of the Legislative Council. Ian Hunter, Tung Ngo, Russell Wortley, Justin Hanson, Irene Pnevmatikos, and Reggie Martin all rejected a nomination from Connie Bonaros. ^[1]

Dan Cregan was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the House of Assembly. ^[2] Following Cregan's resignation from the position, Leon Bignell was elected unopposed to the Speakership on 11 April 2024. ^[3]

Party summary

Legislative Council

Council membership (as of 19 August 2025)
     1 Greens

      Liberal 8     

     9 Labor

      Fair Go 1     

     1 Independent

     1 SA-Best

     1 Better Community

Date	Party (shading shows control)									Total	Vacant
	GRN	ALP	IND	ASA	SAB	LBC	LIB	FGA	ONP
End of previous Parliament	2	8	1	1	2	–	8	–	–	22	0
Begin (3 May 2022)	2	9	–	–	2	–	8	–	1	22	0
13 January 2023							7			21	1
7 March 2023							8			22	0
10 October 2023		8								21	1
17 October 2023		9								22	0
1 December 2023			1		1
11 January 2025			2				7
13 May 2025	1		3
18 May 2025			4						–
22 May 2025			3			1
24 July 2025			2					1
19 August 2025			1				8
Latest voting share %	4.55	40.91	4.55	0.00	4.55	4.55	36.36	4.55	0.00

House of Assembly

House membership (as of 5 September 2025)
     29 Labor

      Liberal 13     

     4 Independent

1 Vacant

Date	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	ALP	IND	LIB
End of previous Parliament	19	6	22	47	0
Begin (3 May 2022)	27	4	16	47	0
31 May 2022			15	46	1
2 July 2022			16	47	0
6 July 2023		5	15
6 February 2024			14	46	1
23 March 2024	28			47	0
11 April 2024	27	6
15 October 2024			13	46	1
16 November 2024	28			47	0
2 September 2025		5		46	1
5 September 2025	29	4
Latest voting share %	63.04	8.70	28.26

Membership

Legislative Council

Further information: Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 2022–2026

11 of the 22 seats in the upper house were contested in the election on 19 March 2022. Members elected in 2022 are marked with an asterisk (*). ^[4]

▌ Connie Bonaros ▌ Emily Bourke ▌ Nicola Centofanti* ▌ Mira El Dannawi ▌ Tammy Franks ▌ Sarah Game* ▌ Heidi Girolamo ▌ Justin Hanson ▌ Laura Henderson* ▌ Ben Hood ▌ Dennis Hood*

▌ Ian Hunter* ▌ Jing Lee ▌ Michelle Lensink* ▌ Kyam Maher* ▌ Reggie Martin* ▌ Tung Ngo* ▌ Frank Pangallo ▌ Clare Scriven ▌ Robert Simms* ▌ Terry Stephens ▌ Russell Wortley*

House of Assembly

Further information: Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 2022–2026

All 47 seats in the lower house were contested in the election on 19 March 2022. ^[5]

▌ Sarah Andrews (Gibson) ▌ David Basham (Finniss) ▌ Jack Batty (Bragg) ▌ Troy Bell (Mount Gambier) ▌ Zoe Bettison (Ramsay) ▌ Leon Bignell (Mawson) ▌ Blair Boyer (Wright) ▌ Geoff Brock (Stuart) ▌ Michael Brown (Florey) ▌ Nick Champion (Taylor) ▌ Nadia Clancy (Elder) ▌ Susan Close (Port Adelaide) ▌ Nat Cook (Hurtle Vale) ▌ Matt Cowdrey (Colton) ▌ Dan Cregan (Kavel) ▌ Alex Dighton (Black)

▌ Fraser Ellis (Narungga) ▌ John Fulbrook (Playford) ▌ John Gardner (Morialta) ▌ Katrine Hildyard (Reynell) ▌ Lucy Hood (Adelaide) ▌ Eddie Hughes (Giles) ▌ Ashton Hurn (Schubert) ▌ Catherine Hutchesson (Waite) ▌ Tom Koutsantonis (West Torrens) ▌ Peter Malinauskas (Croydon) ▌ Nick McBride (MacKillop) ▌ Andrea Michaels (Enfield) ▌ Stephen Mullighan (Lee) ▌ Lee Odenwalder (Elizabeth) ▌ Cressida O'Hanlon (Dunstan) ▌ Stephen Patterson (Morphett)

▌ Rhiannon Pearce (King) ▌ Adrian Pederick (Hammond) ▌ Tony Piccolo (Light) ▌ Chris Picton (Kaurna) ▌ David Pisoni (Unley) ▌ Penny Pratt (Frome) ▌ Olivia Savvas (Newland) ▌ Jayne Stinson (Badcoe) ▌ Joe Szakacs (Cheltenham) ▌ Vincent Tarzia (Hartley) ▌ Josh Teague (Heysen) ▌ Sam Telfer (Flinders) ▌ Erin Thompson (Davenport) ▌ Tim Whetstone (Chaffey) ▌ Dana Wortley (Torrens)

Changes of membership

Legislative Council

Before			Change		After
Member	Party		Type	Date	Date	Member	Party
Stephen Wade		Liberal	Retired [6]	13 January 2023	7 March 2023	Ben Hood		Liberal
Irene Pnevmatikos		Labor	Resigned	10 October 2023	17 October 2023	Mira El Dannawi		Labor
Frank Pangallo		SA-Best	Resigned from party	1 December 2023		Frank Pangallo		Independent
Jing Lee		Liberal	Resigned from party [7]	11 January 2025		Jing Lee		Independent
Tammy Franks		Greens	Resigned from party [8]	13 May 2025		Tammy Franks		Independent
Sarah Game		One Nation	Resigned from party [9]	18 May 2025		Sarah Game		Independent
Jing Lee		Independent	New party	22 May 2025		Jing Lee		Better Community
Sarah Game		Independent	New party	24 July 2025		Sarah Game		Fair Go
Frank Pangallo		Independent	Joined party	19 August 2025 [10]		Frank Pangallo		Liberal

House of Assembly

Seat	Before			Change		After
	Member	Party		Type	Date	Date	Member	Party
Bragg	Vickie Chapman		Liberal	Resigned [11]	31 May 2022	2 July 2022	Jack Batty		Liberal
MacKillop	Nick McBride		Liberal	Resigned from party [12]	6 July 2023		Nick McBride		Independent
Dunstan	Steven Marshall		Liberal	Retired [13]	6 February 2024	23 March 2024	Cressida O'Hanlon		Labor
Mawson	Leon Bignell		Labor	Elected as speaker [14]	11 April 2024		Leon Bignell		Independent
Black	David Speirs		Liberal	Resigned [15]	15 October 2024	16 November 2024	Alex Dighton		Labor
Mount Gambier	Troy Bell		Independent	Resigned [16]	2 September 2025	Vacant
Mawson	Leon Bignell		Independent	Joined party	5 September 2025		Leon Bignell		Labor

See also

• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council, 2022–2026
• Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 2022–2026

Notes

1. Tammy Franks.
2. Geoff Brock, Dan Cregan, Fraser Ellis, and Nick McBride.

References

1. "President, Election". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . South Australia: Legislative Council. 3 May 2022.
2. "Speaker, Election". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . South Australia: House of Assembly. 3 May 2022.
3. "Speaker, Election". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . South Australia: House of Assembly. 11 April 2024.
4. "Legislative Council Members". Parliament of South Australia.
5. "House of Assembly Members". Parliament of South Australia.
6. "Former South Australian health minister Stephen Wade to resign from state parliament". ABC News. 13 January 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2023.
7. "Jing Lee announces immediate resignation from SA Liberal party to become Independent MLC". ABC News. 11 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025.
8. "SA Greens MLC Tammy Franks resigns from party, citing 'unfair' behaviour". ABC News. 13 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025.
9. "Sarah Game MLC quits Pauline Hanson's One Nation to run as independent". ABC News. 18 May 2025. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025.
10. Keane, Daniel (17 August 2025). "Independent MP and former journalist Frank Pangallo to run as Liberal candidate for Waite". ABC News . Archived from the original on 17 August 2025.
11. "Former SA deputy premier Vickie Chapman set to stay in parliament as Labor declines to push her out". ABC News. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022.
12. "South Australian MP Nick McBride quits Liberal Party, citing 'dark forces' and factionalism". ABC News. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023.
13. "'Proud about what we achieved': Former South Australian premier Steven Marshall resigns from parliament". 9 News. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024.
14. "Independent MP Dan Cregan to join SA Labor cabinet as minister's resignation triggers reshuffle". ABC News. 11 April 2024. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024.
15. "David Speirs formally quits SA parliament days after police said former Liberal leader was facing drug charges". ABC News. 15 October 2024. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024.
16. "South Australian MP Troy Bell resigns from parliament after failed appeal for fraud and theft offences". ABC News. 2 September 2025. Archived from the original on 2 September 2025.