The Minister of Public Works (known as the Commissioner of Public Works from 1856 until 1944, and as the Minister of Works from 1944 until 1979) was a member of Cabinet of the Government of South Australia.
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 The title was abolished on and superseded by portfolio's for Infrastructure and Transport.
List of Commissioner of Public Works of South Australia
Order Minister Party Premier Title Term start Term end Term in office1 Arthur Freeling No Party Finniss Commissioner ofPublic Works 2 Samuel Davenport 3 Arthur Blyth Baker n/a Samuel Davenport Torrens 4 Thomas Reynolds Hanson n/a Arthur Blyth 5 Alexander Hay Reynolds 6 Philip Santo Waterhouse 7 John Lindsay 8 William Milne 9 William Townsend Dutton n/a Philip Santo Ayers n/a William Milne Blyth 10 Francis Dutton Dutton daysn/a Philip Santo Ayers 11 Thomas English Hart Boucaut n/a Philip Santo Ayers 12 William Everard Hart n/a Philip Santo Ayers 13 John Colton Strangways 14 Friedrich Krichauff 15 John Carr Hart Blyth 16 James Ramsay Ayers 17 Wentworth Cavenagh 18 Henry Bright Blyth 19 William West-Erskine Boucaut 20 James Boucaut 21 John Colton Colton 22 George Hawker Boucaut Morgan n/a James Ramsay Bray 23 David Bower 24 Thomas Playford II Colton 25 Jenkin Coles 26 John Darling Downer 27 John Spence 28 Luke Furner 29 Alfred Catt Playford II 30 James Howe Cockburn 31 Thomas Burgoyne 32 William Rounsevell Playford II 33 John Jenkins 34 Andrew Handyside Holder 35 Lawrence Grayson Downer No Holder 36 Frederick Holder Liberalism Kingston 37 John Jenkins n/a Andrew Handyside No Party Solomon 38 Richard Foster Holder Jenkins No Holder n/a Richard Foster No Party Butler 39 Thomas Price Labor Price 40 Laurence O'Loughlin Farmers &Producers Union Peake 41 John Verran Labor Verran 42 Richard Butler Liberal Union Peake 43 George Ritchie 44 Harry Jackson Labor Vaughan 45 John Bice Liberal Union Peake 46 George Ritchie 47 William Hague Barwell 48 Thomas Pascoe Liberal Federation 49 George Jenkins 50 Lionel Hill Labor Gunn 51 John McInnes Hill 52 Malcolm McIntosh Liberal Federation Butler n/a John McInnes Labor Hill Richards 53 Herbert Hudd Liberal &Country League Butler n/a Malcolm McIntosh Playford Minister forWorks 54 Colin Rowe 55 Glen Pearson 56 Cyril Hutchens Labor Walsh Dunstan 57 John Coumbe Liberal &Country League Hall 58 Allan Rodda 59 Des Corcoran Labor Dunstan Corcoran 60 John Wright Minister forPublic Works 61 Dean Brown Liberal Tonkin n/a John Wright Labor Bannon 62 Terry Hemmings 63 Kym Mayes Arnold
References Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia (Parliament of South Australia)