Ron Loveday

Ron Loveday
Minister of Education
In office
10 March 1965 – 16 April 1968
PremierFrank Walsh
Don Dunstan
Preceded byBaden Pattinson
Succeeded byJoyce Steele
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Housing
In office
1 June 1967 – 16 April 1968
PremierDon Dunstan
Preceded byGlen Pearson
Succeeded byJoyce Steele
Member for Whyalla
In office
3 March 1956 – 30 May 1970
Preceded bydistrict created
Succeeded byMax Brown
Personal details
Born
Ronald Redvers Loveday

(1900-03-10)10 March 1900
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Died17 January 1987(1987-01-17) (aged 86)
Glenelg, South Australia
Political partyLabor
Spouse
Lizzy Mills
(m. 1924; d. 1987)
OccupationWheatgrower

Ronald Redvers Loveday (10 March 1900 – 17 January 1987) was a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the seat of Whyalla from 1956 to 1970, who was Minister for Education in the Walsh government from 1965 to 1967 and Minister for Education and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Dunstan government from 1967 to 1968. He oversaw wide-reaching reform of the South Australian education system.[1]