The Commissioner of Public Works was a member of Cabinet of the Government of South Australia.
| Commissioner of Public Works | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to | Parliament |
| Appointer | Governor of South Australia |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 24 October 1856 |
| First holder | Arthur Freeling |
| Final holder | Kym Mayes |
| Abolished | 1 October 1992 |
Originally created for the Finniss Ministry on 24 October 1856, there were 63 holders of the public works portfolio. It was known as Commissioner for Public Works for most of its existence, however since the Playford Government in the 1960s, it was known as Minister for Works or Public Works.
The longest holder was Malcolm McIntosh, a member of the Liberal Federation/Liberal and Country League and a minister in the Butler and Playford governments, who held the portfolio on two separate occasions for a total of 23 years and 45 days. The last holder was Kym Mayes, a member of the Labor Party and a minister in Lynn Arnold's government. The title was abolished on 1 October 1992 and superseded by portfolio's for Infrastructure and Transport.
List of Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia
edit| Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Freeling | No Party | Finniss | Commissioner of Public Works |
24 October 1856 | 20 March 1857 | 147 days | |
| 2 | Samuel Davenport | 20 March 1857 | 21 August 1857 | 154 days | ||||
| 3 | Arthur Blyth | Baker | 21 August 1857 | 1 September 1857 | 11 days | |||
| n/a | Samuel Davenport | Torrens | 1 September 1857 | 30 September 1857 | 29 days | |||
| 4 | Thomas Reynolds | Hanson | 30 September 1857 | 12 June 1858 | 255 days | |||
| n/a | Arthur Blyth | 12 June 1858 | 9 May 1860 | 1 year, 332 days | ||||
| 5 | Alexander Hay | Reynolds | 9 May 1860 | 8 October 1861 | 1 year, 152 days | |||
| 6 | Philip Santo | Waterhouse | 8 October 1861 | 17 October 1861 | 9 days | |||
| 7 | John Lindsay | 17 October 1861 | 19 February 1862 | 125 days | ||||
| 8 | William Milne | 19 February 1862 | 4 July 1863 | 1 year, 135 days | ||||
| 9 | William Townsend | Dutton | 4 July 1863 | 15 July 1863 | 11 days | |||
| n/a | Philip Santo | Ayers | 15 July 1863 | 4 August 1864 | 1 year, 20 days | |||
| n/a | William Milne | Blyth | 4 August 1864 | 22 March 1865 | 230 days | |||
| 10 | Francis Dutton | Dutton | 22 March 1865 | 20 September 1865 | 182 days | |||
| n/a | Philip Santo | Ayers | 20 September 1865 | 23 October 1865 | 33 days | |||
| 11 | Thomas English | Hart | 23 October 1865 | 28 March 1866 | 1 year, 192 days | |||
| Boucaut | 28 March 1866 | 3 May 1867 | ||||||
| n/a | Philip Santo | Ayers | 3 May 1867 | 24 September 1868 | 1 year, 144 days | |||
| 12 | William Everard | Hart | 24 September 1868 | 12 October 1868 | 18 days | |||
| n/a | Philip Santo | Ayers | 13 October 1868 | 3 November 1868 | 21 days | |||
| 13 | John Colton | Strangways | 3 November 1868 | 12 May 1870 | 1 year, 190 days | |||
| 14 | Friedrich Krichauff | 12 May 1870 | 30 May 1870 | 18 days | ||||
| 15 | John Carr | Hart | 30 May 1870 | 10 November 1871 | 1 year, 237 days | |||
| Blyth | 10 November 1871 | 22 January 1872 | ||||||
| 16 | James Ramsay | Ayers | 22 January 1872 | 4 March 1872 | 42 days | |||
| 17 | Wentworth Cavenagh | 4 March 1872 | 22 July 1873 | 1 year, 140 days | ||||
| 18 | Henry Bright | Blyth | 22 July 1873 | 3 June 1875 | 1 year, 316 days | |||
| 19 | William West-Erskine | Boucaut | 3 June 1875 | 2 February 1876 | 244 days | |||
| 20 | James Boucaut | 2 February 1876 | 6 June 1876 | 125 days | ||||
| 21 | John Colton | Colton | 6 June 1876 | 26 October 1877 | 1 year, 142 days | |||
| 22 | George Hawker | Boucaut | 26 October 1877 | 27 September 1878 | 3 years, 241 days | |||
| Morgan | 27 September 1878 | 24 June 1881 | ||||||
| n/a | James Ramsay | Bray | 24 June 1881 | 23 April 1884 | 2 years, 304 days | |||
| 23 | David Bower | 23 April 1884 | 16 June 1884 | 54 days | ||||
| 24 | Thomas Playford II | Colton | 16 June 1884 | 4 February 1885 | 233 days | |||
| 25 | Jenkin Coles | 4 February 1885 | 16 June 1885 | 132 days | ||||
| 26 | John Darling | Downer | 16 June 1885 | 14 October 1885 | 120 days | |||
| 27 | John Spence | 14 October 1885 | 8 June 1886 | 237 days | ||||
| 28 | Luke Furner | 8 June 1886 | 11 June 1887 | 1 year, 3 days | ||||
| 29 | Alfred Catt | Playford II | 11 June 1887 | 27 June 1889 | 2 years, 16 days | |||
| 30 | James Howe | Cockburn | 27 June 1889 | 2 May 1890 | 309 days | |||
| 31 | Thomas Burgoyne | 2 May 1890 | 19 August 1890 | 109 days | ||||
| 32 | William Rounsevell | Playford II | 19 August 1890 | 6 January 1892 | 1 year, 140 days | |||
| 33 | John Jenkins | 6 January 1892 | 21 June 1892 | 167 days | ||||
| 34 | Andrew Handyside | Holder | 21 June 1892 | 15 October 1892 | 116 days | |||
| 35 | Lawrence Grayson | Downer | 15 October 1892 | 12 May 1893 | 209 days | |||
| No Holder | 12 May 1893 | 16 June 1893 | 35 days | |||||
| 36 | Frederick Holder | Liberalism | Kingston | 16 June 1893 | 17 April 1894 | 305 days | ||
| 37 | John Jenkins | 17 April 1894 | 1 December 1899 | 5 years, 228 days | ||||
| n/a | Andrew Handyside | No Party | Solomon | 1 December 1899 | 8 December 1899 | 7 days | ||
| 38 | Richard Foster | Holder | 8 December 1899 | 15 May 1901 | 4 years, 209 days | |||
| Jenkins | 15 May 1901 | 4 July 1904 | ||||||
| No Holder | 4 July 1904 | 1 March 1905 | 240 days | |||||
| n/a | Richard Foster | No Party | Butler | 1 March 1905 | 26 July 1905 | 147 days | ||
| 39 | Thomas Price | Labor | Price | 26 July 1905 | 5 June 1909 | 3 years, 314 days | ||
| 40 | Laurence O'Loughlin | Farmers & Producers Union |
Peake | 5 June 1909 | 3 June 1910 | 363 days | ||
| 41 | John Verran | Labor | Verran | 3 June 1910 | 17 February 1912 | 1 year, 259 days | ||
| 42 | Richard Butler | Liberal Union | Peake | 17 February 1912 | 19 November 1914 | 2 years, 275 days | ||
| 43 | George Ritchie | 19 November 1914 | 3 April 1915 | 135 days | ||||
| 44 | Harry Jackson | Labor | Vaughan | 3 April 1915 | 14 July 1917 | 2 years, 102 days | ||
| 45 | John Bice | Liberal Union | Peake | 14 July 1917 | 15 May 1919 | 1 year, 305 days | ||
| 46 | George Ritchie | 15 May 1919 | 8 April 1920 | 329 days | ||||
| 47 | William Hague | Barwell | 8 April 1920 | 3 November 1922 | 2 years, 209 days | |||
| 48 | Thomas Pascoe | 3 November 1922 | 16 October 1923 | 1 year, 11 days | ||||
| Liberal Federation | 16 October 1923 | 14 November 1923 | ||||||
| 49 | George Jenkins | 14 November 1923 | 16 April 1924 | 154 days | ||||
| 50 | Lionel Hill | Labor | Gunn | 16 April 1924 | 28 August 1926 | 2 years, 134 days | ||
| 51 | John McInnes | Hill | 28 August 1926 | 8 April 1927 | 223 days | |||
| 52 | Malcolm McIntosh | Liberal Federation | Butler | 8 April 1927 | 17 April 1930 | 3 years, 9 days | ||
| n/a | John McInnes | Labor | Hill | 17 April 1930 | 13 February 1933 | 3 years, 1 day | ||
| Richards | 13 February 1933 | 18 April 1933 | 64 days | |||||
| 53 | Herbert Hudd | Liberal & Country League |
Butler | 18 April 1933 | 8 April 1938 | 4 years, 355 days | ||
| n/a | Malcolm McIntosh | Playford | 8 April 1938 | 14 December 1944 | 20 years, 36 days | |||
| Minister for Works |
14 December 1944 | 14 May 1958 | ||||||
| 54 | Colin Rowe | 14 May 1958 | 25 June 1958 | 42 days | ||||
| 55 | Glen Pearson | 25 June 1958 | 10 March 1965 | 6 years, 258 days | ||||
| 56 | Cyril Hutchens | Labor | Walsh | 10 March 1965 | 1 June 1967 | 3 years, 38 days | ||
| Dunstan | 1 June 1967 | 17 April 1968 | ||||||
| 57 | John Coumbe | Liberal & Country League |
Hall | 17 April 1968 | 2 March 1970 | 1 year, 319 days | ||
| 58 | Allan Rodda | 2 March 1970 | 2 June 1970 | 92 days | ||||
| 59 | Des Corcoran | Labor | Dunstan | 2 June 1970 | 15 February 1979 | 8 years, 286 days | ||
| Corcoran | 15 February 1979 | 15 March 1979 | ||||||
| 60 | John Wright | Minister for Public Works |
15 March 1979 | 18 September 1979 | 187 days | |||
| 61 | Dean Brown | Liberal | Tonkin | 18 September 1979 | 10 November 1982 | 3 years, 53 days | ||
| n/a | John Wright | Labor | Bannon | 10 November 1982 | 19 February 1984 | 1 year, 101 days | ||
| 62 | Terry Hemmings | 19 February 1984 | 14 December 1989 | 5 years, 298 days | ||||
| 63 | Kym Mayes | 14 December 1989 | 4 September 1992 | 2 years, 292 days | ||||
| Arnold | 4 September 1992 | 1 October 1992 | ||||||
References
edit- Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia (Parliament of South Australia)