Leader of the Government in the South Australian Legislative Council

Leader of the Government in the South Australian Legislative Council
Incumbent Kyam Maher since 24 March 2022

The Leader of the Government in the South Australian Legislative Council, commonly known as Leader of the Council^{[ citation needed ]} and also called Leader of Government Business or Manager of Government Business, is the chief representative of the government in the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia. The leader is also responsible for the management of government business in the chamber. ^[1] The office is held by a member of the Cabinet of South Australia. ^[2]

Being the representative of the government in the upper house, the Leader of the Government takes a major part in debates in parliament. ^[1] In terms of managing and scheduling government business, the Leader of the Government is responsible including:

• the order in which government issues are to be dealt with
• tactical matters in reaction to impediments to such management
• negotiation with their opposition counterpart (the Manager of Opposition Business) about the order in which bills are to be debated, and
• time allotted for debate.

List of leaders of the government

Govt leader		Term began	Term ended	Time in office
	Rob Lucas	14 February 1993	5 March 2002	9 years, 19 days
	Paul Holloway	2002	2011
	Bernard Finnigan	February 2011	21 April 2011
	Gail Gago	2011	2016
	Kyam Maher	18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)	18 March 2018 (2018-03-18)	2 years, 59 days
	Rob Lucas	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22)	21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)	3 years, 364 days
	Kyam Maher	24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)	incumbent	3 years, 100 days

See also

• Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly (South Australia)
• Leader of Government Business (disambiguation)
• Cabinet of South Australia
• Government of South Australia

References

1. "People in Parliament - Legislative Council". Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
2. "Cabinet of South Australia: Premier.sa.gov.au". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2017-07-08.