Treasurer of South Australia

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Treasurer of South Australia
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Incumbent
Tom Koutsantonis
since 19 Sep 2025
Department of Treasury and Finance
Style The Honourable
Member of
Reports to Premier of South Australia
Seat State Administration Centre,
200 Victoria Square, Adelaide
NominatorPremier of South Australia
Appointer Governor of South Australia
on the advice of the premier
Term length At the governor's pleasure
Formation24 October 1856
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 Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA, lies within the treasurer's portfolio.

Contents

The current treasurer is The Hon. Tom Koutsantonis MHA , a member of the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch).

Responsibilities

The treasurer is responsible for the financial management of the state of South Australia.

Renewal SA

Since 28 July 2020 and as of 2021 [1] the Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA, has been within the treasurer's portfolio. [2] Renewal SA is responsible for undertaking, supporting and promoting urban development and urban renewal that aligns to the government's strategic plan, in particular the 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide (2017). [3]

List of 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. [4] [5] [6]

OrderMinisterPolitical
party		PremierTerm of office
Took officeLeft officeTenure
Pre-self-government (1836–1856)
— Osmond Gilles [7] —28 December 18361 October 18392 years, 277 days
— John Alexander Jackson [7] —1 October 183916 October 18412 years, 15 days
— Robert Gouger [8] —16 October 1841July 1844
— James William MacDonald —July 18442 March 1846
— Charles Sturt [9] —2 March 184628 April 18471 year, 57 days
(4) Boyle Travers Finniss [10] —28 April 1847May 1849
— William Maturin (acting) [10] —May 18491849
(4) Boyle Travers Finniss —18493 January 1852
1 Robert Richard Torrens [11] Independent Finniss 3 January 185221 August 18575 years, 230 days
Colonial government (1856–1900)
2 John Hart Independent Baker 21 August 18571 September 185711 days
3 John Bristow Hughes Independent Torrens 1 September 185730 September 185729 days
(2) John Hart Independent Hanson 30 September 185712 June 1858255 days
4 Boyle Travers Finniss Independent 12 June 18589 May 18601 year, 332 days
5 Thomas Reynolds Independent Reynolds 9 May 18608 October 18611 year, 152 days
6 Arthur Blyth Independent Waterhouse 8 October 186117 October 18619 days
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent 17 October 186119 February 1862125 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent 19 February 18624 July 18631 year, 135 days
7 Lavington Glyde Independent Dutton 4 July 186315 July 186311 days
(2) John Hart Independent Ayers 15 July 186322 March 18651 year, 250 days
Blyth
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Dutton 22 March 186520 September 1865182 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent Ayers 20 September 186523 October 186533 days
8 Walter Duffield Independent Hart 23 October 18653 May 18671 year, 192 days
Boucaut
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Ayers 3 May 186724 September 18681 year, 144 days
9 Neville Blyth Independent Hart 24 September 186813 October 186819 days
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Ayers 13 October 18683 November 186821 days
10 Henry Kent Hughes Independent Strangways 3 November 186812 May 18701 year, 190 days
11 Edward Hamilton Independent 12 May 187030 May 187018 days
(2) John Hart Independent Hart 30 May 187010 November 18711 year, 164 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent Blyth 10 November 187122 January 187273 days
(10) Henry Kent Hughes Independent Ayers 22 January 18724 March 187242 days
12 John Henry Barrow Independent 4 March 187222 July 18731 year, 140 days
13 George Charles Hawker Independent Blyth 25 May 18753 June 18759 days
14 John Colton Independent Boucaut 3 June 187525 March 1876296 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent 25 March 18766 June 187673 days
15 Robert Dalrymple Ross Independent Colton 6 June 187626 October 18771 year, 142 days
16 James Boucaut Independent Boucaut 26 October 187727 September 1878336 days
17 Charles Mann Independent Morgan 27 September 187810 March 18812 years, 164 days
18 George Fowler Independent 10 March 188110 May 188161 days
19 Ben Rounsevell Independent 10 May 188124 June 188145 days
(7) Lavington Glyde Independent Bray 24 June 188123 April 18842 years, 304 days
20 John Cox Bray Independent 23 April 188416 June 188454 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent Colton 16 June 188416 June 18851 year, 0 days
21 Simpson Newland Independent Downer 16 June 18858 June 1886357 days
(20) John Cox Bray Independent 8 June 188611 June 18871 year, 3 days
22 Thomas Playford Independent Playford 11 June 188727 June 18892 years, 16 days
23 Frederick Holder Independent Cockburn 27 June 188919 August 18901 year, 53 days
(22) Thomas Playford Independent Playford 19 August 18906 January 18921 year, 140 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent 6 January 189221 June 1892167 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent Holder 21 June 189215 October 1892116 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent Downer 15 October 189212 May 1893209 days
24 John Downer National Defence 12 May 189316 June 189335 days
(22) Thomas Playford Independent Kingston 16 June 189317 April 1894305 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent 17 April 18941 December 18995 years, 228 days
25 Vaiben Louis Solomon Independent Solomon 1 December 18998 December 18997 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent Holder 8 December 189915 May 19011 year, 158 days
State government (1901–present)
26 Richard Butler Independent Jenkins 15 May 19011 March 19053 years, 290 days
27 Archibald Peake Liberal and Democratic Price 26 July 190622 December 19094 years, 149 days
Peake
(26) Richard Butler Farmers and Producers Peake 22 December 19093 June 1910163 days
28 Crawford Vaughan United Labor Verran 3 June 191017 February 19121 year, 259 days
(27) Archibald Peake Liberal Union Peake 17 February 19123 April 19153 years, 45 days
(28) Crawford Vaughan United Labor Vaughan 3 April 191514 July 19172 years, 102 days
(26) Richard Butler Liberal Union Peake 14 July 19177 May 19191 year, 297 days
(27) Archibald Peake Liberal Union 15 May 19196 April 1920327 days
29 George Ritchie Liberal Federation Barwell 8 April 19203 November 19222 years, 209 days
30 William Hague Liberal Federation 3 November 192216 April 19241 year, 165 days
31 John Gunn Labor Gunn 16 April 192428 August 19262 years, 134 days
32 Lionel Hill Labor Hill 28 August 19268 April 1927223 days
33 Richard Layton Butler Liberal Federation Butler 8 April 192717 April 19303 years, 9 days
(32) Lionel Hill Labor Hill 17 April 193013 February 19332 years, 302 days
34 Robert Richards Labor Richards 13 February 193318 April 193364 days
(33) Richard Layton Butler Liberal and Country Butler 18 April 19335 November 19385 years, 201 days
35 Thomas Playford Liberal and Country Playford 5 November 193810 March 196526 years, 125 days
36 Frank Walsh Labor Walsh 10 March 19651 June 19672 years, 83 days
37 Don Dunstan Labor Dunstan 1 June 196716 April 1968320 days
38 Glen Pearson Liberal and Country Hall 17 April 19682 March 19701 year, 319 days
39 Steele Hall Liberal and Country 2 March 19702 June 197092 days
(37) Don Dunstan Labor Dunstan 2 June 197015 February 19798 years, 258 days
40 Des Corcoran Labor Corcoran 15 February 197918 September 1979215 days
41 David Tonkin Liberal Tonkin 18 September 197910 November 19823 years, 53 days
42 John Bannon Labor Bannon 10 November 19824 September 19929 years, 299 days
43 Frank Blevins Labor Arnold 4 September 199214 December 19931 year, 101 days
44 Stephen Baker Liberal Brown 14 December 199314 October 19973 years, 304 days
45 Rob Lucas Liberal Olsen 20 October 19975 March 20024 years, 136 days
46 Kevin Foley Labor Rann 6 March 20028 February 20118 years, 339 days
47 Jack Snelling Labor Weatherill 8 February 201121 January 20131 year, 348 days
48 Jay Weatherill Labor 21 January 201326 March 20141 year, 64 days
49 Tom Koutsantonis Labor 26 March 201419 March 20183 years, 358 days
(45) Rob Lucas Liberal Marshall 19 March 201821 March 20224 years, 2 days
50 Stephen Mullighan Labor Malinauskas 21 March 202219 September 20253 years, 182 days
(49) Tom Koutsantonis Labor 19 September 2025Incumbent17 days

List of ministers assisting the treasurer

OrderMinisterPolitical
party		PremierTerm of office
Took officeLeft officeTenure
1 Frank Blevins Labor Bannon 16 July 198514 December 19894 years, 150 days

References

  1. ↑ "Board of Management". Renewal SA. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Renewal SA (30 September 2021). Urban Renewal Authority (trading as Renewal SA): 2020-21 Annual Report (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "About Renewal SA". Renewal SA. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007: SA Parliament
  5. ↑ Penny, B. R. "Jackson, John Alexander (1809–1885)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Macdonald, James William"  . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  7. 1 2 "Government Gazette" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Vol. 1839, no. 89. South Australia. 5 March 1846. p. 8. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Government Gazette" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Vol. 1841, no. 197. South Australia. 21 October 1841. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Government Gazette" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Vol. 1846, no. 10. South Australia. 5 March 1846. p. 4. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Local Intelligence". South Australian Register . Vol. XIII, no. 940. South Australia. 16 May 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Government Gazette" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Vol. 1852, no. 2. South Australia. 3 January 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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