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The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Australia's head of state, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. The Governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level.
In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the Governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the Premier of South Australia. Nevertheless, the Governor retains the reserve powers of the Crown, and has the right to dismiss the Premier.
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.
[edit] List of Governors of South Australia
| No, |
Governor |
From |
To |
| 1 |
Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN |
28 December 1836 |
16 July 1838 |
| 2 |
Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH |
17 October 1838 |
15 May 1841 |
| 3 |
Sir George Grey KCB |
15 May 1841 |
25 October 1845 |
| 4 |
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Holt Robe |
25 October 1845 |
2 August 1848 |
| 5 |
Sir Henry Fox Young |
2 August 1848 |
20 December 1854 |
| 6 |
Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, CB |
8 June 1855 |
4 March 1862 |
| 7 |
Sir Dominick Daly |
4 March 1862 |
19 February 1868 |
| 8 |
Right Honourable Sir James Fergusson, Bt |
16 February 1869 |
18 April 1873 |
| 9 |
Sir Anthony Musgrave, KCMG |
9 June 1873 |
29 January 1877 |
| 10 |
Lieutenant General Sir William F.D. Jervois, GCMG, CB |
2 October 1877 |
9 January 1883 |
| 11 |
Sir William C.F. Robinson, GCMG |
19 February 1883 |
5 March 1889 |
| 12 |
Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore, PC, GCMG |
11 April 1889 |
10 April 1895 |
| 13 |
Sir Thomas F. Buxton, Bt, GCMG |
29 October 1895 |
29 March 1899 |
| 14 |
Right Honourable Hallam, Lord Tennyson, KCMG |
10 April 1899 |
17 July 1902 |
| 15 |
Sir George R. Le Hunte, KCMG |
1 July 1903 |
18 February 1909 |
| 16 |
Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, GCVO, KCB |
18 February 1909 |
22 March 1914 |
| 17 |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry L. Galway, KCMG, DSO |
18 April 1914 |
30 April 1920 |
| 18 |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir W.E.G. Archibald Weigall KCMG |
9 June 1920 |
30 May 1922 |
| 19 |
Lieutenant Colonel Sir G. Tom M. Bridges KCB, KCMG, DSO |
4 December 1922 |
4 December 1927 |
| 20 |
Brigadier General The Honourable Sir Alexander G.A. Hore-Ruthven VC, KCMG, CB, DSO |
14 May 1928 |
26 April 1934 |
| 21 |
Major General Sir Winston Dugan, KCMG, CB, DSO |
28 July 1934 |
23 February 1939 |
| 22 |
Sir C. Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG |
12 August 1939 |
26 April 1944 |
| 23 |
Lieutenant General Sir C. Willoughby Norrie, KCMG, CB, DSO, MC |
19 December 1944 |
19 June 1952 |
| 24 |
Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC |
23 February 1953 |
7 March 1960 |
| 25 |
Lieutenant General Sir Edric M. Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB |
4 April 1961 |
1 June 1968 |
| 26 |
Major General Sir James W. Harrison, KCMG, CB, CBE |
4 December 1968 |
16 September 1971 |
| 27 |
Sir Mark Oliphant, AC, KBE |
1 December 1971 |
30 November 1976 |
| 28 |
Sir Douglas R. Nicholls, KCVO, OBE |
1 December 1976 |
30 April 1977 |
| 29 |
Sir Keith Seaman, KCVO, OBE |
1 September 1977 |
28 March 1982 |
| 30 |
Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB |
23 April 1982 |
5 February 1991 |
| 31 |
The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO |
6 February 1991 |
21 July 1996 |
| 32 |
Sir Eric J. Neal, AC, CVO |
22 July 1996 |
3 November 2001 |
| 33 |
Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE |
3 November 2001 |
present |
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