Jay Weatherill

Jay Weatherill
Weatherill in 2018
45th Premier of South Australia
Elections: 2014, 2018
In office
21 October 2011 – 19 March 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorKevin Scarce
Hieu Van Le
Preceded byMike Rann
Succeeded bySteven Marshall
DeputyJohn Rau
Treasurer of South Australia
In office
21 January 2013 – 26 March 2014
Preceded byJack Snelling
Succeeded byTom Koutsantonis
Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office
21 October 2011 – 9 April 2018
DeputyJohn Rau
Preceded byMike Rann
Succeeded byPeter Malinauskas
Minister for Education
In office
25 March 2010 – 21 October 2011
PremierMike Rann
Preceded byJane Lomax-Smith
Succeeded byGrace Portolesi
Minister for Environment and Conservation
In office
24 July 2008 – 25 March 2010
PremierMike Rann
Preceded byGail Gago
Succeeded byPaul Caica
Minister for Ageing, Disability and Housing
In office
5 March 2004 – 24 July 2008
PremierMike Rann
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byoffice abolished
Minister for Administrative Services
In office
6 March 2002 – 5 March 2004
PremierMike Rann
Preceded byDiana Laidlaw
Succeeded byTrish White
Member for Cheltenham
In office
9 February 2002 – 17 December 2018
Preceded byMurray De Laine
Succeeded byJoe Szakacs
Personal details
Born
Jay Wilson Weatherill

(1964-04-03) 3 April 1964 (age 60)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
SpouseMelissa Bailey
Children2
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
ProfessionLawyer

Jay Wilson Weatherill AO (born 3 April 1964)[1] is a former Australian politician who was the 45th premier of South Australia, serving from 21 October 2011 until 19 March 2018. Weatherill represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Labor Party from the 2002 election to 17 December 2018, when he retired.[2]

Labor was in government from 2002, with Weatherill leading the Labor government since a 2011 leadership change from Mike Rann. During 2013 it became the longest-serving state Labor government in South Australian history, and in addition went on to win a fourth four-year term at the 2014 election. The 16-year state Labor government lost power at the 2018 election. On 18 March, the day after the election, Weatherill announced his decision to step down as Labor leader, but intended to remain in Parliament on the back-bench. Peter Malinauskas succeeded Weatherill as Labor leader on 9 April. Weatherill announced his intention to retire from Parliament on 6 December 2018.[3]

  1. ^ McGuire, Michael (8 April 2013). "Forty-nine things the Premier could put on his birthday wish-list". AdelaideNow. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Hon Jay Weatherill". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ MacLennan, Leah; Harmsen, Nicholas (6 December 2018). "Former SA premier Jay Weatherill announces retirement from politics". ABC News. Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.