Treasurer of South Australia

The Treasurer of South Australia is the minister of the Government of South Australia charged with overseeing government revenue collection, expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of Treasury and Finance. The current treasurer is Tom Koutsantonis, who was selected by Premier Peter Malinauskas in September 2025 during a reshuffle of the ministry.

Responsibilities and duties 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.Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 - 2007: SA Parliament

Order Minister Politicalparty Premier Term of office Took office Left office Tenure Pre-self-government (1836–1856) — 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 Colonial government (1856–1900) 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 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 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 State government (1901–present) 26 Richard Butler Farmers and Producers Jenkins 15 May 1901 1 March 1905 27 Archibald Peake 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 Politicalparty Premier Term of office Took office Left office Tenure 1 Frank Blevins Labor Bannon 16 July 1985 14 December 1989

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