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Treasurer of South Australia

South Australian cabinet minister

Summary

South Australian cabinet minister

Field	Value
post	Treasurer
body	South Australia
flag	Flag of South Australia.svg
flagsize	120px
flagcaption	Flag of South Australia
insignia	South Australian Coat of Arms.svg
insigniasize	120px
insigniacaption	South Australian Coat of Arms
image	Tom Koutsantonis.jpg
imagesize	200
incumbent	Tom Koutsantonis
incumbentsince	19 Sep 2025
department	Department of Treasury and Finance
style	The Honourable
member_of
reports_to	Premier of South Australia
seat	State Administration Centre,
200 Victoria Square, Adelaide
nominator	Premier of South Australia
appointer	Governor of South Australia
appointer_qualified	on the advice of the premier
termlength	At the governor's pleasure
formation	24 October 1856
first	Robert Torrens

200 Victoria Square, Adelaide

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 the Urban Renewal Authority, trading as Renewal SA, has been within the treasurer's portfolio. 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).

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.

Order	Minister	Political
party	Premier	Term of office	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Pre-self-government (1836–1856)	Colonial government (1856–1900)	State government (1901–present)
—	Osmond Gilles	—	28 December 1836	1 October 1839
—	John Alexander Jackson	—	1 October 1839	16 October 1841
—	Robert Gouger	—	16 October 1841	July 1844
—	James William MacDonald	—	July 1844	2 March 1846
—	Charles Sturt	—	2 March 1846	28 April 1847
(4)	Boyle Travers Finniss	—	28 April 1847	May 1849
—	William Maturin (acting)	—	May 1849	1849
(4)	Boyle Travers Finniss	—	1849	3 January 1852
1	Robert Richard Torrens			Independent	Finniss	3 January 1852	21 August 1857
2	John Hart			Independent	Baker	21 August 1857	1 September 1857
3	John Bristow Hughes			Independent	Torrens	1 September 1857	30 September 1857
(2)	John Hart			Independent	Hanson	30 September 1857	12 June 1858
4	Boyle Travers Finniss			Independent	12 June 1858	9 May 1860
5	Thomas Reynolds			Independent	Reynolds	9 May 1860	8 October 1861
6	Arthur Blyth			Independent	Waterhouse	8 October 1861	17 October 1861
(5)	Thomas Reynolds			Independent	17 October 1861	19 February 1862
(6)	Arthur Blyth			Independent	19 February 1862	4 July 1863
7	Lavington Glyde			Independent	Dutton	4 July 1863	15 July 1863
(2)	John Hart	Independent}}		Independent	Ayers	15 July 1863	22 March 1865
Blyth
(5)	Thomas Reynolds			Independent	Dutton	22 March 1865	20 September 1865
(6)	Arthur Blyth			Independent	Ayers	20 September 1865	23 October 1865
8	Walter Duffield	Independent}}		Independent	Hart	23 October 1865	3 May 1867
Boucaut
(5)	Thomas Reynolds			Independent	Ayers	3 May 1867	24 September 1868
9	Neville Blyth			Independent	Hart	24 September 1868	13 October 1868
(5)	Thomas Reynolds			Independent	Ayers	13 October 1868	3 November 1868
10	Henry Kent Hughes			Independent	Strangways	3 November 1868	12 May 1870
11	Edward Hamilton			Independent	12 May 1870	30 May 1870
(2)	John Hart			Independent	Hart	30 May 1870	10 November 1871
(6)	Arthur Blyth			Independent	Blyth	10 November 1871	22 January 1872
(10)	Henry Kent Hughes			Independent	Ayers	22 January 1872	4 March 1872
12	John Henry Barrow			Independent	4 March 1872	22 July 1873
13	George Charles Hawker			Independent	Blyth	25 May 1875	3 June 1875
14	John Colton			Independent	Boucaut	3 June 1875	25 March 1876
(6)	Arthur Blyth			Independent	25 March 1876	6 June 1876
15	Robert Dalrymple Ross			Independent	Colton	6 June 1876	26 October 1877
16	James Boucaut			Independent	Boucaut	26 October 1877	27 September 1878
17	Charles Mann			Independent	Morgan	27 September 1878	10 March 1881
18	George Fowler			Independent	10 March 1881	10 May 1881
19	Ben Rounsevell			Independent	10 May 1881	24 June 1881
(7)	Lavington Glyde			Independent	Bray	24 June 1881	23 April 1884
20	John Cox Bray			Independent	23 April 1884	16 June 1884
(19)	Ben Rounsevell			Independent	Colton	16 June 1884	16 June 1885
21	Simpson Newland			Independent	Downer	16 June 1885	8 June 1886
(20)	John Cox Bray			Independent	8 June 1886	11 June 1887
22	Thomas Playford			Independent	Playford	11 June 1887	27 June 1889
23	Frederick Holder			Independent	Cockburn	27 June 1889	19 August 1890
(22)	Thomas Playford			Independent	Playford	19 August 1890	6 January 1892
(19)	Ben Rounsevell			Independent	6 January 1892	21 June 1892
(23)	Frederick Holder			Independent	Holder	21 June 1892	15 October 1892
(19)	Ben Rounsevell			Independent	Downer	15 October 1892	12 May 1893
24	John Downer			National Defence	12 May 1893	16 June 1893
(22)	Thomas Playford			Independent	Kingston	16 June 1893	17 April 1894
(23)	Frederick Holder			Independent	17 April 1894	1 December 1899
25	Vaiben Louis Solomon			Independent	Solomon	1 December 1899	8 December 1899
(23)	Frederick Holder			Independent	Holder	8 December 1899	15 May 1901
26	Richard Butler			Independent	Jenkins	15 May 1901	1 March 1905
27	Archibald Peake	Liberal WA 1911}}		Liberal and Democratic	Price	26 July 1906	22 December 1909
Peake
(26)	Richard Butler			Farmers and Producers	Peake	22 December 1909	3 June 1910
28	Crawford Vaughan			United Labor	Verran	3 June 1910	17 February 1912
(27)	Archibald Peake			Liberal Union	Peake	17 February 1912	3 April 1915
(28)	Crawford Vaughan			United Labor	Vaughan	3 April 1915	14 July 1917
(26)	Richard Butler			Liberal Union	Peake	14 July 1917	7 May 1919
(27)	Archibald Peake			Liberal Union	15 May 1919	6 April 1920
29	George Ritchie			Liberal Federation	Barwell	8 April 1920	3 November 1922
30	William Hague			Liberal Federation	3 November 1922	16 April 1924
31	John Gunn			Labor	Gunn	16 April 1924	28 August 1926
32	Lionel Hill			Labor	Hill	28 August 1926	8 April 1927
33	Richard Layton Butler			Liberal Federation	Butler	8 April 1927	17 April 1930
(32)	Lionel Hill			Labor	Hill	17 April 1930	13 February 1933
34	Robert Richards			Labor	Richards	13 February 1933	18 April 1933
(33)	Richard Layton Butler			Liberal and Country	Butler	18 April 1933	5 November 1938
35	Thomas Playford			Liberal and Country	Playford	5 November 1938	10 March 1965
36	Frank Walsh			Labor	Walsh	10 March 1965	1 June 1967
37	Don Dunstan			Labor	Dunstan	1 June 1967	16 April 1968
38	Glen Pearson			Liberal and Country	Hall	17 April 1968	2 March 1970
39	Steele Hall			Liberal and Country	2 March 1970	2 June 1970
(37)	Don Dunstan			Labor	Dunstan	2 June 1970	15 February 1979
40	Des Corcoran			Labor	Corcoran	15 February 1979	18 September 1979
41	David Tonkin			Liberal	Tonkin	18 September 1979	10 November 1982
42	John Bannon			Labor	Bannon	10 November 1982	4 September 1992
43	Frank Blevins			Labor	Arnold	4 September 1992	14 December 1993
44	Stephen Baker			Liberal	Brown	14 December 1993	14 October 1997
45	Rob Lucas			Liberal	Olsen	20 October 1997	5 March 2002
46	Kevin Foley			Labor	Rann	6 March 2002	8 February 2011
47	Jack Snelling			Labor	Weatherill	8 February 2011	21 January 2013
48	Jay Weatherill			Labor	21 January 2013	26 March 2014
49	Tom Koutsantonis			Labor	26 March 2014	19 March 2018
(45)	Rob Lucas			Liberal	Marshall	19 March 2018	21 March 2022
50	Stephen Mullighan			Labor	Malinauskas	21 March 2022	19 September 2025
(49)	Tom Koutsantonis			Labor	19 September 2025	Incumbent

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

References

(2 June 2021). "Board of Management".
[[Renewal SA]]. (30 September 2021). "Urban Renewal Authority (trading as Renewal SA): 2020-21 Annual Report".
(13 December 2021). "About Renewal SA".
[http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007: SA Parliament]
{{cite Australasia. Macdonald, James William
(5 March 1846). "Government Gazette". South Australian Government Gazette.
(21 October 1841). "Government Gazette". South Australian Government Gazette.
(5 March 1846). "Government Gazette". South Australian Government Gazette.
(16 May 1849). "Local Intelligence". [[South Australian Register]].
(3 January 1852). "Government Gazette". South Australian Government Gazette.

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