Women in the Parliament of South Australia
Cooper, Hon Jessie
Legislative Council
07/03/1959 – 10/07/1979
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1959-1979
Steele OBE, Mrs Joyce
House of Assembly
07/03/1959 – 09/03/1973
Liberal and Country League
- Member for Burnside 1959-1970
- Member for Davenport 1970-1973
- Minister of Education 1968-1970
- Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Housing, Minister of Social Welfare 1970
Byrne OAM, Ms Molly
House of Assembly
07/03/1959 – 09/03/1973
Liberal and Country League
- Member for Burnside 1959-1970
- Member for Davenport 1970-1973
- Minister of Education 1968-1970
Levy AO, Hon Anne
Legislative Council
12/07/1975 – 10/10/1997
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1975-1987
- President of the Legislative Council 1986-1989
- Minister for the Arts, Minister of Local Government 1989-1991
- Minister of State Services 1989-1992
- Minister for Local Government Relations 1991-1992
- Minister for the Arts and Cultural Heritage 1991-1993
- Minister of Consumer Affairs. Minister for the Status of Women 1992-1993
Cashmore AM, Hon Jennifer
House of Assembly
17/09/1977 – 10/12/1993
Liberal Party
- Member for Coles 1977-1993
- Minister of Tourism, Minister for Health 1979-1982
Wiese, Hon Barbara
Legislative Council
15/09/1979 – 15/09/1995
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1979-1995
- Minister of Youth Affairs, Minister of Local
- Government, Minister Assisting the Minister for the Arts 1895-1989
- Minister of Tourism 1985-1992
- Minister of State Services 1989
- Minister of Small Business, Minister of
- Consumer Affairs 1989-1992
- Minister of Transport Development 1992-1993
Southcott AM, Mrs Heather
House of Assembly
08/05/1982 – 05/11/1982
Australian Democrats
- Member for Mitcham 1982
Appleby, Mrs June
House of Assembly
06/11/1982 – 24/11/1989
Australian Labour Party
- Member for Brighton 1982-1985
- Member for Hayward 1985-1989
- Government Whip 1985-1989
Laidlaw AM, Hon Diana
Legislative Council
06/11/1982 – 06/06/2003
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1982-2003
- Minister for Transport 1993-1997
- Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for the Arts 1993-2002
- Minister for Transport and Urban Planning 1997-2002
Lenehan, Hon Susan
House of Assembly
06/11/1982 – 11/12/1993
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Mawson 1982-1993
- Minister of Marine 1988
- Minister of Repatriation, Minister Assisting the Minister of Health, Minister of Community Welfare 1988-1989
- Minister of Water Resources, Minister of Lands 1988-1992
- Minister for Environment and Planning 1989-1992
- Minister of Education, Employment and Training 1992-1993
Gayler, Ms Di
House of Assembly
07/12/1985 – 24/11/1989
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Newland 1985-1989
Pickles, Hon Carolyn
Legislative Council
07/12/1985 – 08/02/2002
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1985-2002
- Government Whip 1989-1993
- Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council 1994-2002
Hutchison, Mrs Colleen
House of Assembly
25/11/1989 – 10/12/1993
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Stuart 1989-1993
Kotz, Hon Dorothy
House of Assembly
25/11/1989 – 17/03/2006
Liberal Party
- Member for Newland 1989-2006
- Minister for Youth Affairs, Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Minister for Correctional Services 1996-1997
- Minister of Aboriginal Affairs 1997-2002
- Minister for Environment and Heritage 1997-2000
- Minister for Local Government 2000-2001
- Minister for Administrative and Information Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing 2001-2002
Pfitzner, Dr Bernice
Legislative Council
23/10/1990 -10/10/1997
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1990-1997
Schaefer, Hon Caroline
Legislative Council
03/08/1993 – 19/03/2010
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1993-2010
- Government Whip 1996-2001
- Minister for Primary Industries 2001-2002
Greig, Mrs Julie
House of Assembly
11/12/1993 – 11/10/1997
Liberal Party
- Member for Reynell 1993-1997
Hall, Mrs Joan
House of Assembly
11/12/1993 – 17/03/2006
Liberal Party
- Member for Coles 1993-2002
- Member for Morialta 2002-2006
- Minister for Youth, Minister for Employment 1997-1998
- Minister for Tourism 1998-2001
Hurley, Ms Annette
House of Assembly
11/12/1993 – 08/02/2002
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Napier 1993-2002
Kanck, Hon Sandra
Legislative Council
11/12/1993 – 30/01/2009
Australian Democrats
- Member of the Legislative Council 1993-2009
Penfold, Mrs Liz
House of Assembly
11/12/1993 – 19/03/2010
Liberal Party
- Member for Flinders 1993-2010
Rosenberg, Mrs Lorraine
House of Assembly
11/12/1993 – 11/10/1997
Liberal Party
- Member for Kaurna 1993-1997
Stevens, Hon Lea
House of Assembly
09/04/1994 – 19/03/2010
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Elizabeth 1994-2006
- Member for Little Para 2006-2010
- Minister for Health, Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion
Geraghty, Mrs Robyn
House of Assembly
07/05/1994 – 15/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Torrens 1994-2014
- Government Whip 2002-2014
White AM, Hon Trish
House of Assembly
05/11/1994 – 19/03/2010
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Taylor 1994-2010
- Minister for Education and Children’s Services 2002-2004
- Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Transport, Minister for Science and Information Economy 2004-2005
Bedford, Ms Frances
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 19/03/2022
Australian Labor Party 1997-2017, Independent 2017-2022
- Member for Florey 1997-2022
- Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees 2014-2018
Breuer OAM, Hon Lyn
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 15/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Giles 1997-2014
- Speaker of the House of Assembly 2010-2013
Ciccarello, Ms Vini
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 19/03/2010
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Norwood 1997-2010
Key, Hon Steph
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 16/03/2018
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Hanson 1997-2002
- Member for Ashford 2002-2018
- Minister for Social Justice 2002-2004
- Minister for Housing 2022-2004
- Minister for Youth 2002-2006
- Minister for the Status of Women 2002-2006
- Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education 2004-2006
Maywald, Hon Karlene
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 19/03/2010
Nationals SA
- Member for Chaffey 1997-2010
- Minister for Consumer Affairs 2004-2006
- Minister for Small Business, Minister for Regional Development 2004-2008
- Minister for River Murray 2004-2010
- Minister for Science and Information Economy 2005-2007
- Minister Assisting the Minister for Industry and Trade 2006-2008
- Minister for Water Security 2007-2010
Thompson, Ms Gay
House of Assembly
11/10/1997 – 15/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Reynell 1997-2014
- Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees 2006-2010
Zollo, Hon Carmel
Legislative Council
11/10/1997 – 14/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 1997-2014
- Minister Assisting in Mental Health 2005
- Minister Assisting the Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister Assisting in Regional Health 2005-2006
- Minister for Emergency Services 2005-2008
- Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2006-2009
- Minister for Gambling 2008-2009
Rankine, Hon Jennifer
House of Assembly
11/12/1997 – 16/03/2018
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Wright 1997-2018
- Minister for Volunteers, Minister for The Status of Women, Minister for State / Local Government Relations, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister Assisting in Early Childhood Development 2006-2008
- Minister for the Northern Suburbs 2008-2010
- Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability, Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Housing 2008-2011
- Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Police, Minister for Road Safety 2011-2013
- Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2011-2014
- Minister for Education and Child Development 2013-2015
Chapman, Hon Vickie
House of Assembly
09/02/2002 – 31/05/2022
Liberal Party
- Member for Bragg 2002-2022
- Deputy Premier 2018-2021
- Attorney-General 2018-2022
- Minister for Planning and Local Government 2020-2021
- Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development 2020
Gago, Hon Gail
Legislative Council
09/02/2002 – 16/03/2018
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2002-2018
- Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health 2006-2008
- Minister for The Status of Women 2008-2016
- Minister for State / Local Government Relations, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport Energy and Infrastructure 2008-2019
- Minister for the City of Adelaide 2010-2011
- Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister for Gambling 2011
- Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Forests, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 2011-2014
- Minister for Tourism 2011-2013
- Minister for State / Local Government Relations 2013-2014
- Minister for Business Services and Consumers 2014-2016
- Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills 2014-2016
- Minister for Science and Information Economy 2014-2016
Lomax-Smith AM, Hon Dr Jane
House of Assembly
09/02/2002 – 19/03/2010
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Adelaide 2002-2010
- Minister for Tourism 2022-2010
- Minister of Small Business 2002-2003
- Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education 2002-2004
- Minister for Education and Children’s Services 2004-2008
- Minister for the City of Adelaide 2006-2010
- Minister of Education, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse 2008-2010
Redmond, Ms Isobel
House of Assembly
09/02/2002 – 16/03/2018
Liberal Party
- Member for Heysen 2002-2018
- Leader of the Opposition 2009-2013
McPhee (nee Reynolds), Ms Kate
Legislative Council
17/02/2003 – 17/03/2006
Australian Democrats
- Member of the Legislative Council 2003-2006
Lensink MLC, Hon Michelle
Legislative Council
26/06/2003 – Present
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2003 – Present
- Minister for Human Services 2018-2022
Bressington, Ms Ann
Legislative Council
18/03/2006 – 14/03/2014
Independent
- Member of the Legislative Council 2006-2014
Fox, Ms Chloe
House of Assembly
18/03/2006 – 14/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Bright 2006-2014
- Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees 2010-2011
Portolesi, Hon Grace
House of Assembly
18/03/2006 – 14/03/2014
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Hartley 2006-2014
- Minister for Volunteers, Minister for Youth Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation 2010-2011
- Minister Assisting the Premier in Social Inclusion 2011
- Minister for Education and Child Development 2011-2013
- Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy 2013-2014
Simmons, Ms Lindsay
House of Assembly
18/03/2006 – 19/03/2010
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Morialta 2006-2010
Chesser (nee Vlahos), Ms Leesa
House of Assembly
20/03/2010 – 16/03/2018
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Taylor 2010-2018
- Minister for Disabilities 2016-2017
- Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse 2016-2017
Franks MLC, Hon Tammy
Legislative Council
20/03/2010 – 21/03/2026
Greens SA 2010-2025, Independent 2025-2026
- Member of the Legislative Council 2010-2026
Lee MLC, Hon Jing
Legislative Council
20/03/2010 – 21/03/2026
Liberal Party 2010-2025, Jing Lee – Better Community 2025-2026
- Member of the Legislative Council 2010-2026
Sanderson, Hon Rachel
House of Assembly
20/03/2010 – 19/03/2022
Liberal Party
- Member for Adelaide 2010-2022
- Minister for Child Protection 2018-2022
Vincent, Ms Kelly
Legislative Council
20/03/2010 – 17/03/2018
Dignity for Disability
- Member of the Legislative Council 2010-2018
Bettison MP, Hon Zoe
House of Assembly
11/02/2012 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Ramsay 2012 – Present
- Minister for Veterans’ Affairs – 2014
- Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Ageing 2014-2018
- Minister for Tourism, Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2022-2026
Close MP, Hon Dr Susan
House of Assembly
11/02/2012 – 21/03/2026
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Port Adelaide 2012-2026
- Minister for Manufacturing, Innovation and Trade 2014
- Minister for Automotive Transformation 2014-2015
- Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation 2014-2015
- Minister for the Public Sector 2014-2016
- Minister for Education and Child Development 2015-2018
- Minister for Higher Education and Skills 2016-2018
- Deputy Premier 2022-2025
- Minister for Defence and Space Industries 2022-2024
- Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy 2024-2025
- Minister for Climate, Environment and Water 2022-2025
- Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science 2022-2025
Digance, Mrs Annabel
House of Assembly
15/03/2014 – 16/03/2018
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Elder 2014-2018
Hildyard MP, Hon Katrine
House of Assembly
15/03/2014 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Reynell 2014 – Present
- Minister for Disabilities, Minister Assisting the Minister for Recreation and Sport 2017-2018
- Minister for Women and the Prevention of Domestic and Violence 2022-2024
- Minister for Women and the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence 2024-2025
- Minister for Child Protection 2022-2026
- Minister for Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence 2025-2026
- Minister for Women 2025 – Present
- Minister for Human Services 2026 – Present
- Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well 2026 – Present
Wortley MP, Ms Dana
House of Assembly
15/03/2014 – 21/03/2026
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Torrens 2014-2026
Cook MP, Hon Nat
House of Assembly
16/12/2014 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Fisher 2014-2018
- Member for Hurtle Vale 2018 – Present
- Speaker of the House of Assembly 2026 – Present
- Minister for Human Services 2022-2026
- Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well April 2024-2026
Bonaros MLC, Hon Connie
Legislative Council
17/03/2018 – 21/03/2026
SA-BEST
- Member of the Legislative Council 2018 -2026
Bourke MLC, Hon Emily
Legislative Council
17/03/2018 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2018 – Present
- Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing, Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services 2025
- Minister for Autism 2025-2026
- Minister for Infrastructure and Transport September 2025-2026
- Minister for Climate, Environment and Water 2026 – Present
- Minister for Tourism 2026 – Present
Luethen, Ms Paula
House of Assembly
17/03/2018 – 19/03/2022
Liberal Party
- Member for King 2018-2022
Pnevmatikos, Ms Irene
Legislative Council
17/03/2018 – 10/10/2023
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2018-2023
Power, Mrs Carolyn
House of Assembly
17/03/2018 – 19/03/2022
Liberal Party
- Member for Elder 2018-2022
Scriven MLC, Hon Clare
Legislative Council
17/03/2018 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2018 – Present
- Minister for Forest Industries 2022 – Present
- Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development 2022 – Present
Stinson MP, Ms Jayne
House of Assembly
17/03/2018 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Badcoe 2018 – Present
Michaels MP, Hon Andrea
House of Assembly
09/02/2019 – 21/03/2026
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Enfield 2019-2026
- Minister for Arts 2022-2026
- Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs 2022-2026
- Minister for Small and Family Business 2022-2026
Centofanti MLC, Hon Dr Nicola
Legislative Council
07/04/2020 – Present
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2020 – Present
- Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council 2022 – Present
Girolamo MLC, Hon Heidi
Legislative Council
4/08/2021 – Present
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2021 – Present
Savvas MP, Ms Olivia
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Newland 2022 – Present
Andrews MP, Sarah
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Gibson 2022 – Present
Clancy MP, Ms Nadia
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Elder 2022 – Present
- Minister for Small and Family Business 2026 – Present
- Minister for Multicultural Affairs 2026 – Present
Game MLC, Hon Sarah
Legislative Council
19/03/2022 – Present
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 2022-2025, Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians 2025 – present
- Member of the Legislative Council 2022 – Present
Henderson MLC, Hon Laura
Legislative Council
19/03/2022 – Present
Liberal Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2022 – Present
- Opposition Whip 2022 – Present
Hood MP, Hon Lucy
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Adelaide 2022 – Present
- Minister for Climate, Environment, and Water 2025-2026
- Minister for Education, Training and Skills 2026 – Present
- Minister for Autism – Present
- Minister for the City of Adelaide – Present
Hurn MP, Mrs Ashton
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Liberal Party
- Member for Schubert 2022 – Present
- Leader of the Opposition 2025 – Present
Hutchesson MP, Ms Catherine
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Waite 2022 – Present
Pearce MP, Mrs Rhiannon
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for King 2022 – Present
- Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services 2025 – Present
- Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing 2025 – Present
- Minister for Local Government 2026 – Present
Pratt MP, Ms Penny
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – 21/03/2026
Liberal Party
- Member for Frome 2022-2026
Thompson MP, Ms Erin
House of Assembly
19/03/2022 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Davenport 2022 – Present
El Dannawi MLC, Hon Mira
Legislative Council
17/10/2023 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member of the Legislative Council 2023 – Present
O’Hanlon MP, Ms Cressida
House of Assembly
23/03/2024 – Present
Australian Labor Party
- Member for Dunstan 2024 – Present