Commissioner of Public Works (South Australia)
{{Short description|South Australian cabinet minister}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2013}}
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The Commissioner of Public Works was a member of Cabinet of the Government of South Australia.
Originally created for the Finniss Ministry on 24 October 1856, there were 63 holders of the public works portfolio. It was known as Commissioner for Public Works for most of its existence, however since the Playford Government in the 1960s, it was known as Minister for Works or Public Works.
The longest holder was Malcolm McIntosh, a member of the Liberal Federation/Liberal and Country League and a minister in the Butler and Playford governments, who held the portfolio on two separate occasions for a total of 23 years and 45 days. The last holder was Kym Mayes, a member of the Labor Party and a minister in Lynn Arnold's government. The title was abolished on {{end date|1992|10|01|df=y}} and superseded by portfolio's for Infrastructure and Transport.
List of Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia
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! width=5 | Order ! width=165 | Minister ! width=80 colspan="2" | Party ! width=140 | Premier ! width=180 | Title ! width=150 | Term start ! width=150 | Term end ! width=140 | Term in office |
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| rowspan="46" {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | rowspan="46" | No Party | rowspan="2" | Finniss | rowspan="73" | Commissioner of | align=center | {{start date|1856|10|24|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1857|03|20|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1856|10|24|1857|03|20}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1857|03|20|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1857|08|21|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1857|03|20|1857|08|21}} |
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| Baker | align=center | {{start date|1857|08|21|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1857|09|01|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1857|08|21|1857|09|01}} |
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| Samuel Davenport | Torrens | align=center | {{start date|1857|09|01|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1857|09|30|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1857|09|01|1857|09|30}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Hanson | align=center | {{start date|1857|09|30|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1858|06|12|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1857|09|30|1858|06|12}} |
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| Arthur Blyth | align=center | {{start date|1858|06|12|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1860|05|09|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1858|06|12|1860|05|09}} |
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| Reynolds | align=center | {{start date|1860|05|09|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1861|10|08|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1860|05|09|1861|10|08}} |
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| rowspan="3" | Waterhouse | align=center | {{start date|1861|10|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1861|10|17|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1861|10|08|1861|10|17}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1861|10|17|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1862|02|19|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1861|10|17|1862|02|19}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1862|02|19|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1863|07|04|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1862|02|19|1863|07|04}} |
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| Dutton | align=center | {{start date|1863|07|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1863|07|15|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1863|07|04|1863|07|15}} |
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| Philip Santo | Ayers | align=center | {{start date|1863|07|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1864|08|04|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1863|07|15|1864|08|04}} |
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| William Milne | Blyth | align=center | {{start date|1864|08|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1865|03|22|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1864|08|04|1865|03|22}} |
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| Dutton | align=center | {{start date|1865|03|22|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1865|09|20|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in days|1865|03|22|1865|09|20}} days |
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| Philip Santo | Ayers | align=center | {{start date|1865|09|20|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1865|10|23|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1865|09|20|1865|10|23}} |
rowspan="2" align=center |11
| rowspan="2" | Thomas English | Hart | align=center | {{start date|1865|10|23|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1866|03|28|df=y}} | rowspan="2" align=right |{{Age in years and days|1865|10|23|1867|05|03}} |
Boucaut
| align=center | {{start date|1866|03|28|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1867|05|03|df=y}} |
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| Philip Santo | Ayers | align=center | {{start date|1867|05|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1868|09|24|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1867|05|03|1868|09|24}} |
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| Hart | align=center | {{start date|1868|09|24|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1868|10|12|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1868|09|24|1868|10|12}} |
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| Philip Santo | Ayers | align=center | {{start date|1868|10|13|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1868|11|03|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1868|10|13|1868|11|03}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Strangways | align=center | {{start date|1868|11|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1870|05|12|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1868|11|03|1870|05|12}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1870|05|12|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1870|05|30|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1870|05|12|1870|05|30}} |
rowspan="2" align=center |15
| rowspan="2" | John Carr | Hart | align=center | {{start date|1870|05|30|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1871|11|10|df=y}} | rowspan="2" align=right |{{Age in years and days|1870|05|30|1872|01|22}} |
Blyth
| align=center | {{start date|1871|11|10|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1872|01|22|df=y}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Ayers | align=center | {{start date|1872|01|22|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1872|03|04|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1872|01|22|1872|03|04}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1872|03|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1873|07|22|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1872|03|04|1873|07|22}} |
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| Blyth | align=center | {{start date|1873|07|22|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1875|06|03|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1873|07|22|1875|06|03}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Boucaut | align=center | {{start date|1875|06|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1876|02|02|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1875|06|03|1876|02|02}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1876|02|02|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1876|06|06|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1876|02|02|1876|06|06}} |
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| Colton | align=center | {{start date|1876|06|06|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1877|10|26|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1876|06|06|1877|10|26}} |
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| rowspan=2 | George Hawker | Boucaut | align=center | {{start date|1877|10|26|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1878|09|27|df=y}} | rowspan="2" align=right|{{Age in years and days|1877|10|26|1881|06|24}} |
Morgan
| align=center | {{start date|1878|09|27|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1881|06|24|df=y}} |
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| James Ramsay | rowspan="2" | Bray | align=center | {{start date|1881|06|24|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1884|04|23|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1881|06|24|1884|04|23}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1884|04|23|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1884|06|16|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1884|04|23|1884|06|16}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Colton | align=center | {{start date|1884|06|16|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1885|02|04|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1884|06|16|1885|02|04}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1885|02|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1885|06|16|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1885|02|04|1885|06|16}} |
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| rowspan="3" | Downer | align=center | {{start date|1885|06|16|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1885|10|14|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1885|06|16|1885|10|14}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1885|10|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1886|06|08|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1885|10|14|1886|06|08}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1886|06|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1887|06|11|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1886|06|08|1887|06|11}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1887|06|11|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1889|06|27|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1887|06|11|1889|06|27}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Cockburn | align=center | {{start date|1889|06|27|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1890|05|02|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1889|06|27|1890|05|02}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1890|05|02|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1890|08|19|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1890|05|02|1890|08|19}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Playford II | align=center | {{start date|1890|08|19|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1892|01|06|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1890|08|19|1892|01|06}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1892|01|06|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1892|06|21|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1892|01|06|1892|06|21}} |
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| Holder | align=center | {{start date|1892|06|21|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1892|10|15|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1892|06|21|1892|10|15}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Downer | align=center | {{start date|1892|10|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1893|05|12|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1892|10|15|1893|05|12}} |
colspan="4" align=center | No Holder
| align=center | {{start date|1893|05|12|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1893|06|16|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1893|05|12|1893|06|16}} |
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| style="background:Gold; color:black;" rowspan="2" | | bgcolor="FFEFD5" rowspan="2" align=center rowspan="2" | Liberalism | rowspan="2" | Kingston | align=center | {{start date|1893|06|16|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1894|04|17|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1893|06|16|1894|04|17}} |
align=center| 37
| align=center | {{start date|1894|04|17|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1899|12|01|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1894|04|17|1899|12|01}} |
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| Andrew Handyside | rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | rowspan="3" | No Party | Solomon | align=center | {{start date|1899|12|01|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1899|12|08|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1899|12|01|1899|12|08}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | 38
| rowspan="2" | Richard Foster | Holder | align=center | {{start date|1899|12|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1901|05|15|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1899|12|08|1904|07|04}} |
rowspan="2" | Jenkins
| align=center | {{start date|1901|05|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1904|07|04|df=y}} |
colspan="4" align=center | No Holder
| align=center | {{start date|1904|07|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1905|03|01|df=y}} | align=right|{{Age in years and days|1904|07|04|1905|03|01}} |
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| Richard Foster | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | No Party | Butler | align=center | {{start date|1905|03|01|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1905|07|26|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1905|03|01|1905|07|26}} |
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" | Labor | Price | align=center | {{start date|1905|07|26|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1909|06|05|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1905|07|26|1909|06|05}} |
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| {{Australian party style|Farmers and Producers Political Union}}| | bgcolor=#98FB98 | Farmers & | Peake | align=center | {{start date|1909|06|05|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1910|06|03|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1909|06|05|1910|06|03}} |
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| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" | Labor | Verran | align=center | {{start date|1910|06|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1912|02|17|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1910|06|03|1912|02|17}} |
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| style="background:DodgerBlue; color:white;" rowspan="2" | | bgcolor=#BDEDFF rowspan="2" | Liberal Union | rowspan="2" | Peake | align=center | {{start date|1912|02|17|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1914|11|19|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1912|02|17|1914|11|19}} |
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| align=center | {{start date|1914|11|19|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1915|04|03|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1914|11|19|1915|04|03}} |
align=center | 44
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" | Labor | Vaughan | align=center | {{start date|1915|04|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1917|07|14|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1915|04|03|1917|07|14}} |
align=center | 45
| style="background:DodgerBlue; color:white;" rowspan="6" | | bgcolor=#BDEDFF rowspan="4" | Liberal Union | rowspan="2" | Peake | align=center | {{start date|1917|07|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1919|05|15|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1917|07|14|1919|05|15}} |
align=center | 46
| align=center | {{start date|1919|05|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1920|04|08|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1919|05|15|1920|04|08}} |
align=center | 47
| rowspan="4" | Barwell | align=center | {{start date|1920|04|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1922|11|03|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1920|04|08|1922|11|03}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | 48
| rowspan="2" | Thomas Pascoe | align=center | {{start date|1922|11|03|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1923|10|16|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1922|11|03|1923|11|14}} |
bgcolor=#BDEDFF rowspan="2" | Liberal Federation
| align=center | {{start date|1923|10|16|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1923|11|14|df=y}} |
align=center | 49
| align=center | {{start date|1923|11|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1924|04|16|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1923|11|14|1924|04|16}} |
align=center | 50
| rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" rowspan="2" | Labor | Gunn | align=center | {{start date|1924|04|16|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1926|08|28|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1924|04|16|1926|08|28}} |
align=center | 51
| Hill | align=center | {{start date|1926|08|28|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1927|04|08|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1926|08|28|1927|04|08}} |
align=center | 52
| style="background:DodgerBlue; color:white;" rowspan="1" | | bgcolor=#BDEDFF rowspan="1" | Liberal Federation | Butler | align=center | {{start date|1927|04|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1930|04|17|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1927|04|08|1930|04|17}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | n/a
| rowspan="2" | John McInnes | rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" rowspan="2" | Labor | Hill | align=center | {{start date|1930|04|17|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1933|02|13|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1930|04|17|1933|04|18}} |
Richards
| align=center | {{start date|1933|02|13|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1933|04|18|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1933|02|13|1933|04|18}} |
align=center | 53
| style="background:SteelBlue; color:white;" rowspan="5" | | bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan="5" | Liberal & | Butler | align=center | {{start date|1933|04|18|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1938|04|08|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1933|04|18|1938|04|08}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | n/a
| rowspan="2" | Malcolm McIntosh | rowspan="4" | Playford | align=center | {{start date|1938|04|08|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1944|12|14|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1938|04|08|1958|05|14}} |
rowspan="9" | Minister for Works | align=center | {{start date|1944|12|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1958|05|14|df=y}} |
align=center | 54
| align=center | {{start date|1958|05|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1958|06|25|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1958|05|14|1958|06|25}} |
align=center | 55
| align=center | {{start date|1958|06|25|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1965|03|10|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1958|06|25|1965|03|10}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | 56
| rowspan="2" | Cyril Hutchens | rowspan="2" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" rowspan="2" | Labor | Walsh | align=center | {{start date|1965|03|10|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1967|06|01|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1965|03|10|1968|04|17}} |
Dunstan
| align=center | {{start date|1967|06|01|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1968|04|17|df=y}} |
align=center | 57
| style="background:SteelBlue; color:white;" rowspan="2" | | bgcolor=#ADD8E6 rowspan="2" | Liberal & | rowspan="2" | Hall | align=center | {{start date|1968|04|17|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1970|03|02|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1968|04|17|1970|03|02}} |
align=center | 58
| align=center | {{start date|1970|03|02|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1970|06|02|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1970|03|02|1970|06|02}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | 59
| rowspan="2" | Des Corcoran | rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" rowspan="3" | Labor | Dunstan | align=center | {{start date|1970|06|02|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1979|02|15|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1970|06|02|1979|03|15}} |
rowspan="2" | Corcoran
| align=center | {{start date|1979|02|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1979|03|15|df=y}} |
align=center | 60
| rowspan="6" | Minister for | align=center | {{start date|1979|03|15|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1979|09|18|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1979|03|15|1979|09|18}} |
align=center | 61
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | bgcolor="lavender" rowspan="1" | Liberal | Tonkin | align=center | {{start date|1979|09|18|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1982|11|10|df=y}} | align=right |{{Age in years and days|1979|09|18|1982|11|10}} |
align=center rowspan="1" | n/a
| John Wright | rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | bgcolor="lightpink" rowspan="4" | Labor | rowspan="3" | Bannon | align=center | {{start date|1982|11|10|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1984|02|19|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="1" |{{Age in years and days|1982|11|10|1984|02|19}} |
align=center rowspan="1" | 62
| rowspan="1" | Terry Hemmings | align=center | {{start date|1984|02|19|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1989|12|14|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="1" |{{Age in years and days|1984|02|19|1989|12|14}} |
align=center rowspan="2" | 63
| rowspan="2" | Kym Mayes | align=center | {{start date|1989|12|14|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1992|09|04|df=y}} | align=right rowspan="2" |{{Age in years and days|1989|12|14|1992|10|01}} |
Arnold
| align=center | {{start date|1992|09|04|df=y}} | align=center | {{end date|1992|10|01|df=y}} |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130129191724/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Pages/AllFormerMembers.aspx Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia] (Parliament of South Australia)
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