President of the South Australian Legislative Council
Encyclopedia
The President of the South Australian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the South Australian Legislative Council
, the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia
. The other presiding officer is the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
.
The current President is Bob Sneath
, who was elected after the 2006 state election, following victory for the incumbent Rann
Labor
government over the Kerin
Liberal
opposition.
South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly...
, the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia
Parliament of South Australia
The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government....
. The other presiding officer is the Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
The Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly is the presiding officer of the South Australian House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Australia...
.
The current President is Bob Sneath
Bob Sneath
Robert Kenneth "Bob" Sneath is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2002.Sneath originally worked as a shearer and an organiser with the AWU...
, who was elected after the 2006 state election, following victory for the incumbent Rann
Mike Rann
Michael David Rann MHA, CNZM , Australian politician, served as the 44th Premier of South Australia. He led the South Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party to minority government at the 2002 election, before attaining a landslide win at the 2006 election...
Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
government over the Kerin
Rob Kerin
Robert Gerard Kerin was the Liberal Premier of South Australia from 22 October 2001 to 5 March 2002. He also served as Deputy Premier of South Australia to John Olsen from 7 July 1998 until he became premier upon Olsen's resignation....
Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
opposition.
List of Presidents of the Legislative Council
| President | Party (if applicable) | Term in office |
|---|---|---|
| James Hurtle Fisher James Hurtle Fisher Sir James Hurtle Fisher was a lawyer and prominent South Australian pioneer. He was the first Resident Commissioner of South Australia, the first Mayor of Adelaide and the first resident South Australian to be knighted.... |
1857–1865 | |
| John Morphett John Morphett Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician.-Early life:Morphett was born in London, the second son of Nathaniel Morphett, a solicitor, and his wife Mary, née Gliddon, of Cummins, Ide, Devon, and was educated at Plymouth and Highgate Grammar Schools... |
1865–1873 | |
| William Milne William Milne (politician) Sir William Milne was an Australian entrepreneur and politician, serving as the member for Onkaparinga in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1857-1868 and President of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1873 to 1881.Born in Wester-Common, near Glasgow, Milne was educated in... |
1873–1881 | |
| Henry Ayers Henry Ayers Sir Henry Ayers GCMG was Premier of South Australia five times between 1863 and 1873, but is perhaps best remembered for having Uluru/Ayers Rock named for him.- Overview :... |
1881–1893 | |
| Richard Baker Richard Baker (Australian politician) Sir Richard Chaffey Baker KCMG was an Australian politician. A barrister by trade, he embarked on a successful career in South Australian colonial politics, serving as state attorney-general and President of the Legislative Council before switching to federal politics after federation... |
1893–1901 | |
| John Lancelot Stirling John Lancelot Stirling Sir John Lancelot Stirling KCMG was an Australian politician and grazier.-Early life:Stirling was born at Strathalbyn, South Australia, the son of Edward Stirling and his wife Harriett, née Taylor and brother of Sir Edward Charles Stirling. J. L... |
1901–1932 | |
| David Gordon David Gordon (Australian politician) Sir David John Gordon was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament, and later of the Legislative Council in the Parliament of South Australia.... |
Liberal and Country League Liberal and Country League The Liberal and Country League was a major political party in South Australia throughout its forty year existence. Thirty-four years were spent in government, in part due to the electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, introduced after coming to power.Created on 9 June 1932 as the... |
1932–1944 |
| Walter Duncan | Liberal and Country League | 1944–1962 |
| Leslie Harold Densley | Liberal and Country League | 1962–1967 |
| Lyell McEwin | Liberal and Country League/Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1967–1975 |
| Frank Potter Frank Potter (politician) Frank Jacques Potter was an Australian politician. He was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council for the Liberal and Country League in 1959. In 1975 he was elected President of the South Australian Legislative Council, holding the position until his death in 1978.-References:... |
Liberal Party of Australia | 1975–1978 |
| Arthur Mornington Whyte | Liberal Party of Australia | 1978–1985 |
| Anne Levy Anne Levy Judith Anne Winstanley Levy AO is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1997.... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1986–1989 |
| Gordon Bruce | Australian Labor Party | 1989–1993 |
| Peter Dunn | Liberal Party of Australia | 1994–1997 |
| Jamie Irwin | Liberal Party of Australia | 1997–2002 |
| Ron Roberts | Australian Labor Party | 2002–2006 |
| Bob Sneath Bob Sneath Robert Kenneth "Bob" Sneath is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 2002.Sneath originally worked as a shearer and an organiser with the AWU... |
Australian Labor Party | 2006– |