Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)
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Australian Labor Party
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| Leader | Jay Weatherill |
| Deputy Leader | John Rau |
| President | Katrine Hildyard |
| Secretary | Reggie Martin |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Headquarters | 141 Gilles Street, Adelaide |
| Youth wing | South Australian Young Labor |
| National affiliation | Australian Labor Party |
| SA House of Assembly |
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| SA Legislative Council |
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| Australian House of Reps (SA) |
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| Australian Senate (SA) |
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| Inaugural holder | John McPherson |
The Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), also known as SA Labor, is the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, originally formed in 1891 as the United Labor Party of South Australia. It is one of two major parties in the bicameral Parliament of South Australia, the other being the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division).
Since the 1970 election, marking the beginning of democratic proportional representation (one vote, one value) and ending decades of pro-rural electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander, Labor have won 11 of the 14 elections. Labor has been in government since the 2002 election. Premier of South Australia Jay Weatherill has led 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 and will attempt to win 20 consecutive years in office and a fifth four-year term at the 2018 election.
Labor's most notable historic Premiers of South Australia include Thomas Price in the 1900s, Don Dunstan in the 1970s, John Bannon in the 1980s and Mike Rann in the 2000s.
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