Deputy Premier of South Australia

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Deputy Premier of South Australia
South Australian Coat of Arms.svg
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Susan Close MP during 2018 election campaign.jpg
Incumbent
Susan Close
since 21 March 2022
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Premier of South Australia
NominatorPremier of South Australia
Appointer Governor of South Australia
on the advice of the premier
Term length At the Governor's pleasure
Formation26 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.

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The current deputy premier since 2022 is Susan Close of the South Australian Division of the Australian Labor Party.

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 Liberal governments, the deputy premier is usually the party's deputy leader.

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.PortraitName
Electoral district
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePartyPremier
Term startTerm end
1 Des Corcoran.jpg Des Corcoran
MHA for Millicent
(1928–2004)
26 March
1968
16 April
1968
Labor Don Dunstan
Labor
(1967–1968)
None
(16 April 1968–2 July 1970)
Steele Hall
Liberal and Country League
(1968–1970)
(1) Des Corcoran.jpg 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 Don Dunstan
Labor
(1970–1979)
2 Hugh Hudson
MHA for Brighton
(1930–1993)
15 March
1979
18 September
1979
Labor Des Corcoran
Labor
(1979)
3 Roger Goldsworthy
MHA for Kavel
(born 1929)
18 September
1979
10 November
1982
Liberal David Tonkin
Liberal
(1979–1982)
4 Roger Goldsworthy
MHA for Adelaide
(1927–1998)
10 November
1982
16 July
1985
Labor John Bannon
Labor
(1982–1992)
5 Don Hopgood
MHA for Baudin
(born 1938)
16 July
1985
4 September
1992
Labor
6 Frank Blevins
MHA for Giles
(1939–2013)
4 September
1992
14 December
1993
Labor Lynn Arnold
Labor
(1992–1993)
7 Stephen Baker
MHA for Waite
(born 1946)
14 December
1993
28 November
1996
Liberal Dean Brown
Liberal
(1993–1996)
8 Graham Ingerson
MHA for Bragg
(born 1941)
28 November
1996
7 July
1998
Liberal John Olsen
Liberal
(1996–2001)
9 Rob Kerin
MHA for Frome
(born 1954)
7 July
1998
22 October
2001
Liberal
10 Dean Brown
MHA for Finniss
(born 1943)
22 October
2001
5 March
2002
Liberal Rob Kerin
Liberal
(2001–2002)
11 Kevin Foley Portrait 2009.JPG Kevin Foley
MHA for Port Adelaide
(born 1960)
5 March
2002
6 February
2011
Labor Mike Rann
Labor
(2002–2011)
12 John Rau.jpg John Rau
MHA for Enfield
(born 1959)
7 February
2011
19 March
2018
Labor Jay Weatherill
Labor
(2011–2018)
13 Chapman2018 (cropped).jpg Vickie Chapman
MHA for Bragg
19 March
2018
22 November
2021
Liberal Steven Marshall
Liberal
(2018–2022)
14 Van Holst Pellekaan.jpg Dan van Holst Pellekaan
MHA for Stuart
23 November
2021
21 March
2022
Liberal
15 Susan Close MP during 2018 election campaign.jpg Susan Close
MHA for Port Adelaide
(born 1967)
21 March
2022
Incumbent Labor Peter Malinauskas
Labor
(since 2022)

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