Treasurer of South Australia

Treasurer of South Australia
South Australian Coat of Arms
Flag of South Australia
since 19 Sep 2025
Department of Treasury and Finance
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports toPremier of South Australia
SeatState Administration Centre,
200 Victoria Square, Adelaide
NominatorPremier of South Australia
AppointerGovernor of South Australia
on the advice of the premier
Term lengthAt the governor's pleasure
Formation24 October 1856
First holderRobert 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.

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

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]

Order Minister Political
party 		Premier Term of office
Took office Left office Tenure
Pre-self-government (1836–1856)
— Osmond Gilles[7] — 28 December 1836 1 October 1839 2 years, 277 days
— John Alexander Jackson[7] — 1 October 1839 16 October 1841 2 years, 15 days
— Robert Gouger[8] — 16 October 1841 July 1844
— James William MacDonald — July 1844 2 March 1846
— Charles Sturt[9] — 2 March 1846 28 April 1847 1 year, 57 days
(4) Boyle Travers Finniss[10] — 28 April 1847 May 1849
— William Maturin (acting)[10] — May 1849 1849
(4) Boyle Travers Finniss — 1849 3 January 1852
1 Robert Richard Torrens[11] Independent Finniss 3 January 1852 21 August 1857 5 years, 230 days
Colonial government (1856–1900)
2 John Hart Independent Baker 21 August 1857 1 September 1857 11 days
3 John Bristow Hughes Independent Torrens 1 September 1857 30 September 1857 29 days
(2) John Hart Independent Hanson 30 September 1857 12 June 1858 255 days
4 Boyle Travers Finniss Independent 12 June 1858 9 May 1860 1 year, 332 days
5 Thomas Reynolds Independent Reynolds 9 May 1860 8 October 1861 1 year, 152 days
6 Arthur Blyth Independent Waterhouse 8 October 1861 17 October 1861 9 days
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent 17 October 1861 19 February 1862 125 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent 19 February 1862 4 July 1863 1 year, 135 days
7 Lavington Glyde Independent Dutton 4 July 1863 15 July 1863 11 days
(2) John Hart Independent Ayers 15 July 1863 22 March 1865 1 year, 250 days
Blyth
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Dutton 22 March 1865 20 September 1865 182 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent Ayers 20 September 1865 23 October 1865 33 days
8 Walter Duffield Independent Hart 23 October 1865 3 May 1867 1 year, 192 days
Boucaut
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Ayers 3 May 1867 24 September 1868 1 year, 144 days
9 Neville Blyth Independent Hart 24 September 1868 13 October 1868 19 days
(5) Thomas Reynolds Independent Ayers 13 October 1868 3 November 1868 21 days
10 Henry Kent Hughes Independent Strangways 3 November 1868 12 May 1870 1 year, 190 days
11 Edward Hamilton Independent 12 May 1870 30 May 1870 18 days
(2) John Hart Independent Hart 30 May 1870 10 November 1871 1 year, 164 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent Blyth 10 November 1871 22 January 1872 73 days
(10) Henry Kent Hughes Independent Ayers 22 January 1872 4 March 1872 42 days
12 John Henry Barrow Independent 4 March 1872 22 July 1873 1 year, 140 days
13 George Charles Hawker Independent Blyth 25 May 1875 3 June 1875 9 days
14 John Colton Independent Boucaut 3 June 1875 25 March 1876 296 days
(6) Arthur Blyth Independent 25 March 1876 6 June 1876 73 days
15 Robert Dalrymple Ross Independent Colton 6 June 1876 26 October 1877 1 year, 142 days
16 James Boucaut Independent Boucaut 26 October 1877 27 September 1878 336 days
17 Charles Mann Independent Morgan 27 September 1878 10 March 1881 2 years, 164 days
18 George Fowler Independent 10 March 1881 10 May 1881 61 days
19 Ben Rounsevell Independent 10 May 1881 24 June 1881 45 days
(7) Lavington Glyde Independent Bray 24 June 1881 23 April 1884 2 years, 304 days
20 John Cox Bray Independent 23 April 1884 16 June 1884 54 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent Colton 16 June 1884 16 June 1885 1 year, 0 days
21 Simpson Newland Independent Downer 16 June 1885 8 June 1886 357 days
(20) John Cox Bray Independent 8 June 1886 11 June 1887 1 year, 3 days
22 Thomas Playford Independent Playford 11 June 1887 27 June 1889 2 years, 16 days
23 Frederick Holder Independent Cockburn 27 June 1889 19 August 1890 1 year, 53 days
(22) Thomas Playford Independent Playford 19 August 1890 6 January 1892 1 year, 140 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent 6 January 1892 21 June 1892 167 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent Holder 21 June 1892 15 October 1892 116 days
(19) Ben Rounsevell Independent Downer 15 October 1892 12 May 1893 209 days
24 John Downer National Defence 12 May 1893 16 June 1893 35 days
(22) Thomas Playford Independent Kingston 16 June 1893 17 April 1894 305 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent 17 April 1894 1 December 1899 5 years, 228 days
25 Vaiben Louis Solomon Independent Solomon 1 December 1899 8 December 1899 7 days
(23) Frederick Holder Independent Holder 8 December 1899 15 May 1901 1 year, 158 days
State government (1901–present)
26 Richard Butler Independent Jenkins 15 May 1901 1 March 1905 3 years, 290 days
27 Archibald Peake Liberal and Democratic Price 26 July 1906 22 December 1909 4 years, 149 days
Peake
(26) Richard Butler Farmers and Producers Peake 22 December 1909 3 June 1910 163 days
28 Crawford Vaughan United Labor Verran 3 June 1910 17 February 1912 1 year, 259 days
(27) Archibald Peake Liberal Union Peake 17 February 1912 3 April 1915 3 years, 45 days
(28) Crawford Vaughan United Labor Vaughan 3 April 1915 14 July 1917 2 years, 102 days
(26) Richard Butler Liberal Union Peake 14 July 1917 7 May 1919 1 year, 297 days
(27) Archibald Peake Liberal Union 15 May 1919 6 April 1920 327 days
29 George Ritchie Liberal Federation Barwell 8 April 1920 3 November 1922 2 years, 209 days
30 William Hague Liberal Federation 3 November 1922 16 April 1924 1 year, 165 days
31 John Gunn Labor Gunn 16 April 1924 28 August 1926 2 years, 134 days
32 Lionel Hill Labor Hill 28 August 1926 8 April 1927 223 days
33 Richard Layton Butler Liberal Federation Butler 8 April 1927 17 April 1930 3 years, 9 days
(32) Lionel Hill Labor Hill 17 April 1930 13 February 1933 2 years, 302 days
34 Robert Richards Labor Richards 13 February 1933 18 April 1933 64 days
(33) Richard Layton Butler Liberal and Country Butler 18 April 1933 5 November 1938 5 years, 201 days
35 Thomas Playford Liberal and Country Playford 5 November 1938 10 March 1965 26 years, 125 days
36 Frank Walsh Labor Walsh 10 March 1965 1 June 1967 2 years, 83 days
37 Don Dunstan Labor Dunstan 1 June 1967 16 April 1968 320 days
38 Glen Pearson Liberal and Country Hall 17 April 1968 2 March 1970 1 year, 319 days
39 Steele Hall Liberal and Country 2 March 1970 2 June 1970 92 days
(37) Don Dunstan Labor Dunstan 2 June 1970 15 February 1979 8 years, 258 days
40 Des Corcoran Labor Corcoran 15 February 1979 18 September 1979 215 days
41 David Tonkin Liberal Tonkin 18 September 1979 10 November 1982 3 years, 53 days
42 John Bannon Labor Bannon 10 November 1982 4 September 1992 9 years, 299 days
43 Frank Blevins Labor Arnold 4 September 1992 14 December 1993 1 year, 101 days
44 Stephen Baker Liberal Brown 14 December 1993 14 October 1997 3 years, 304 days
45 Rob Lucas Liberal Olsen 20 October 1997 5 March 2002 4 years, 136 days
46 Kevin Foley Labor Rann 6 March 2002 8 February 2011 8 years, 339 days
47 Jack Snelling Labor Weatherill 8 February 2011 21 January 2013 1 year, 348 days
48 Jay Weatherill Labor 21 January 2013 26 March 2014 1 year, 64 days
49 Tom Koutsantonis Labor 26 March 2014 19 March 2018 3 years, 358 days
(45) Rob Lucas Liberal Marshall 19 March 2018 21 March 2022 4 years, 2 days
50 Stephen Mullighan Labor Malinauskas 21 March 2022 19 September 2025 3 years, 182 days
(49) Tom Koutsantonis Labor 19 September 2025 Incumbent 92 days

List of ministers assisting the treasurer

Order Minister Political
party 		Premier Term of office
Took office Left office Tenure
1 Frank Blevins Labor Bannon 16 July 1985 14 December 1989 4 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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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