Premier of South Australia

Premier of South Australia
South Australian Coat of Arms
Flag of South Australia
Incumbent Peter Malinauskas since 21 March 2022
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Premier (Spoken)
Member of	Cabinet Parliament Executive Council
Reports to	Parliament of South Australia Governor of South Australia
Seat	Adelaide, South Australia
Appointer	Governor of South Australia
Term length	At the Governor's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Boyle Finniss
Formation	24 October 1856
Salary	$374,648 (AUD)[1]
Website	http://premier.sa.gov.au/

The premier of South Australia is the head of the South Australian government. They are the leaders of the political party which has a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly. Before the 1890s when there was no formal party system in South Australia, politicians usually held liberal or conservative beliefs. The liberals dominated government from 1893 to 1905 with Labor support, with the conservatives mostly in opposition. Labor took government with the support of eight liberals in 1905 when Labor gained more seats than the liberals. The rise of Labor meant the other groups began to become anti-labor parties. The conservatives merged with the Liberal and Democratic Union (formed in 1906) to become the Liberal Union in 1910. No "country" or rural conservative parties have lasted in South Australian state politics.

Labor formed South Australia's first majority government after winning the 1910 state election. This was two weeks after federal Labor formed Australia's first majority government after winning the 1910 federal election.

1. ↑ "'Extraordinary' $30,000 MP pay rise under fire from South Australian welfare groups". ABC News. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.