Parliament of South Australia | |
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55th Parliament | |
Type | |
Type | |
Houses | Legislative Council House of Assembly |
History | |
Founded | 22 April 1857 |
Leadership | |
Charles III since 9 September 2022 | |
Frances Adamson since 7 October 2021 | |
Speaker of the House of Assembly | Dan Cregan, Independent since 12 October 2021 |
President of the Legislative Council | Terry Stephens, Liberal since 8 September 2020 |
Structure | |
Seats | 69 47 MHAs 22 MLCs |
House of Assembly political groups | Government (27) Labor (27) Opposition (16) Liberal (16) Crossbench (5) Independent (5)[a] |
Legislative Council political groups | Government (9)
Labor (9)
Opposition (8) Liberal (8)
Crossbench (5) Greens (2)
SA-BEST (2)
One Nation (1) |
Length of term | House: 4 years Council: 8 years |
Elections | |
Instant-runoff voting | |
Single transferable vote | |
First general election | 21 February 1851 as unicameral Legislative Council 9 March 1857 as bicameral parliament |
Last general election | 19 March 2022 |
Next general election | 21 March 2026 |
Redistricting | Redistributions are carried out after each election by the South Australian Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. |
Meeting place | |
Parliament House, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |
Website | |
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Constitution | |
Constitution of South Australia |
The Parliament of South Australia is the legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It has the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government.
The Parliament is elected by all citizens who are 18 or older at the time of an election.
The House of Assembly (lower house) has 47 members. The Legislative Council (upper house) has 22 councillors (MLCs).