Parliament 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.

Parliament of South Australia
55th Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Legislative Council House of Assembly
History
Founded	22 April 1857; 167 years ago (22 April 1857)
Leadership
Monarch	Charles III since 9 September 2022
Governor	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
Premier	Peter Malinauskas, Labor since 21 March 2022
Leader of the Opposition	David Speirs, Liberal since 21 March 2022
Structure
Seats	69 47 MHAs 22 MLCs
House of Assembly political groups	Government (27)   Labor (27) Opposition (16)   Liberal (16) Crossbench (5)   Independent (5)[lower-alpha 1]
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
House of Assembly voting system	Instant-runoff voting
Legislative Council voting system	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
www.parliament.sa.gov.au
Constitution
Constitution of South Australia

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).

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Notes

1. Current independent MPs: Troy Bell (Mount Gambier), Geoff Brock (Stuart), Dan Cregan (Kavel) Fraser Ellis (Narungga), Nick McBride (Mackillop)