President of the South Australian Legislative Council explained

Post:President
Body:the Legislative Council
Incumbent:Terry Stephens
Incumbentsince:3 May 2022
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:Elected by the South Australian Legislative Council
Inaugural: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 Council

PresidentParty (if applicable)Term in office
data-sort-value="Fisher" James Hurtle Fisher1857–1865
data-sort-value="Morphett" John Morphett1865–1873
data-sort-value="Milne" William Milne1873–1881
data-sort-value="Ayers" Henry Ayers1881–1893
data-sort-value="Baker" Richard Baker1893–1901
data-sort-value="Stirling" Lancelot Stirling1901–1932
data-sort-value="Gordon" David GordonLiberal and Country League1932–1944
data-sort-value="Duncan" Walter Gordon DuncanLiberal and Country League1944–1962
data-sort-value="Densley" Les DensleyLiberal and Country League1962–1967
data-sort-value="McEwin" Lyell McEwinLiberal and Country League/Liberal Party of Australia (SA)1967–1975
data-sort-value="Potter" Frank PotterLiberal Party of Australia1975–1978
data-sort-value="Whyte" Arthur WhyteLiberal Party of Australia1978–1985
data-sort-value="Levy" Anne LevyAustralian Labor Party (SA)1986–1989
data-sort-value="Bruce" Gordon BruceAustralian Labor Party1989–1993
data-sort-value="Dunn" Peter DunnLiberal Party of Australia1994–1997
data-sort-value="Irwin" Jamie IrwinLiberal Party of Australia1997–2002
data-sort-value="Roberts" Ron RobertsAustralian Labor Party2002–2006
data-sort-value="Sneath" Bob SneathAustralian Labor Party2006–2012
data-sort-value="Gazzola" John GazzolaAustralian Labor Party2012–2014
data-sort-value="Wortley" Russell WortleyAustralian Labor Party2014–2018
data-sort-value="McLachlan" Andrew McLachlanLiberal Party of Australia2018–2020
data-sort-value="Stephens" Terry StephensLiberal Party of Australia2020
data-sort-value="Dawkins" John DawkinsIndependent2020 - 2022
data-sort-value="Stephens" Terry StephensLiberal Party of Australia2022 - present

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