Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers: South Australia

Year	Political Party	Premier	Minister for Education
Jun 1970 - Sep 1979	ALP	Corcoran \| Dunstan	Minister of Education Richard HUDSON – Jun 1970 to Jun 1975 Donald HOPGOOD – Jun 1975 to Feb 1979 Donald HOPGOOD – Feb 1979 to Sep 1979 (Corcoran)
Sep 1979 - Nov 1982	LIB	Tonkin	Minister of Education Harold ALLISON – Sep 1979 to Nov 1982
Nov 1982 - Dec 1993	ALP	Bannon \| Arnold	Minister of Education Lynn ARNOLD – Nov 1982 to Dec 1985 (Bannon) Gregory CRAFTER – Dec 1985 to Sep 1992 Gregory CRAFTER – Sep 1992 to Oct 1992 (Arnold) Minister for Education, Employment & Training Susan LENEHAN – Oct 1992 to Dec 1993
Dec 1993 - Mar 2002	LIB	Brown \| Olsen \| Kerin	Minister for Education and Children's Services Robert LUCAS – Dec 1993 to Nov 1996 (Brown) Robert LUCAS – Nov 1996 to Oct 1997 (Olsen) Minister for Education, Children's Services & Training Malcolm BUCKLEY – Oct 1997 to Oct 2001 Minister for Education & Children's Services Malcolm BUCKLEY – Oct 2001 to Mar 2002 (Kerin)
Mar 2002 - 2005*	ALP	Rann	Minister for Education & Children's Services Patricia WHITE – Mar 2002 to Mar 2004 Jane LOMAX-SMITH – Mar 2004 to current

*Still in government at project end date of 2005.

Sources:
Colin A. Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1965-1974 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1977) 1975-1984 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1986); and 1975-1999 Edition (Canberra: Federation Press, 2002); Parliament of South Australia Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836 – 2007. Accessed online 25 January 2008; The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (21st ed. Revised) 2005. Black, David (editor). The Western Australian Government Gazette No. 21, 25th January 2006; Parliament of Western Australia