President of the: Legislative Council | |
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Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Elected by, theββSouth Australian Legislative Council |
Inaugural holder | James Hurtle Fisher |
Formation | 22 April 1857 |
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.
List of presidents of the Legislative Councilβ»
President | Party (if applicable) | Term in office |
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James Hurtle Fisher | 1857β1865 | |
John Morphett | 1865β1873 | |
William Milne | 1873β1881 | |
Henry Ayers | 1881β1893 | |
Richard Baker | 1893β1901 | |
Lancelot Stirling | 1901β1932 | |
David Gordon | Liberal and Country League | 1932β1944 |
Walter Gordon Duncan | Liberal and Country League | 1944β1962 |
Les Densley | Liberal and Country League | 1962β1967 |
Lyell McEwin | Liberal and Country League/Liberal Party of Australia (SA) | 1967β1975 |
Frank Potter | Liberal Party of Australia | 1975β1978 |
Arthur Whyte | Liberal Party of Australia | 1978β1985 |
Anne Levy | Australian Labor Party (SA) | 1986β1989 |
Gordon Bruce | Australian Labor Party | 1989β1993 |
Peter Dunn | Liberal Party of Australia | 1994β1997 |
Jamie Irwin | Liberal Party of Australia | 1997β2002 |
Ron Roberts | Australian Labor Party | 2002β2006 |
Bob Sneath | Australian Labor Party | 2006β2012 |
John Gazzola | Australian Labor Party | 2012β2014 |
Russell Wortley | Australian Labor Party | 2014β2018 |
Andrew McLachlan | Liberal Party of Australia | 2018β2020 |
Terry Stephens | Liberal Party of Australia | 2020 |
John Dawkins | Independent | 2020–2022 |
Terry Stephens | Liberal Party of Australia | 2022–present |