GOVERNORS_OF_SOUTH_AUSTRALIA

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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.
The Westminster system is a form of Constitutional Monarchy.
See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor.

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List of Governors of South Australia

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List of Governors of South Australia

'No.'	'Governor'	'From'	'To'
1	Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, KH	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, KCMG	2 August 1848	20 December 1854
6	Sir Richard Groves MacDonnell, CB	8 June 1855	4 March 1862
7	Sir Dominick Daly	4 March 1862	19 February 1868
8	The Rt Hon. 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 Francis Drummond Jervois, GCMG, CB	2 October 1877	9 January 1883
11	Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, GCMG	19 February 1883	5 March 1889
12	The Rt Hon. Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, Earl of Kintore, GCMG	11 April 1889	10 April 1895
13	Sir Thomas Foxwell Buxton, Bt, GCMG	29 October 1895	29 March 1899
14	The Rt Hon. Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson, GCMG	10 April 1899	17 July 1902
15	Sir George Ruthven 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 Lionel Galway, KCMG, DSO	18 April 1914	30 April 1920
18	Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, KCMG	9 June 1920	30 May 1922
19	Lieutenant-Colonel Sir (Tom) George Tom Molesworth Bridges, KCB, KCMG, DSO	4 December 1922	4 December 1927
20	Brigadier-General the Rt Hon. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie, VC, KCMG, CB, DSO	14 May 1928	26 April 1934
21	Major-General Winston Joseph Dugan, Baron Dugan, KCMG, CB, DSO	28 July 1934	23 February 1939
22	Sir (Malcolm) Charles Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, KCMG	12 August 1939	26 April 1944
23	Lieutenant-General Sir (Willoughby) Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, KCMG, CB, DSO, MC	19 December 1944	19 June 1952
24	Air Vice-Marshal Sir Robert Allingham George, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB, MC	23 February 1953	7 March 1960
25	Lieutenant-General Sir Edric Montague Bastyan, KCMG, KCVO, KBE, CB	4 April 1961	1 June 1968
26	Major-General Sir James William Harrison, KCMG, CB, CBE	4 December 1968	16 September 1971
27	Professor Sir (Mark) Marcus Lawrence Elwin Oliphant, AC, KBE	1 December 1971	30 November 1976
28	Pastor Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls, KCVO, OBE	1 December 1976	30 April 1977
29	Reverend Sir Keith Douglas Seaman, KCVO, OBE	1 September 1977	28 March 1982
30	Lieutenant-General Sir Donald Beaumont Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB	23 April 1982	5 February 1991
31	The Hon. Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC	6 February 1991	21 July 1996
32	Sir Eric James Neal, AC, CVO	22 July 1996	3 November 2001
33	Mrs. Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, AC, CVO, MBE	3 November 2001	31 July 2007
34	Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce, AO, CSC[1]	8 August 2007

External links

★ Previous governors on official website

References

1. Kevin Scarce appointed SA governor by Premier Mike Rann