Jay Weatherill
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The Honourable Jay Weatherill MHA |
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| 45th Premier of South Australia Elections: 2014 |
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Assumed office 21 October 2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | |
| Deputy | John Rau |
| Preceded by | Mike Rann |
| 19th Australian Labor Party (SA) leader | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Rann |
| Treasurer of South Australia | |
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In office 21 January 2012 – 26 March 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Snelling |
| Succeeded by | Tom Koutsantonis |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Cheltenham |
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Assumed office 9 February 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Murray De Laine |
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Jay Wilson Weatherill 3 April 1964 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa |
| Relations | George Weatherill (father) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jay Wilson Weatherill (born 3 April 1964) is an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. Weatherill has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election.
Labor has been in government since 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.
Born in the western suburbs of Adelaide, he is the son of English-born former South Australian politician George Weatherill.
Weatherill completed his secondary education at Henley High School. He later studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating with degrees in law and economics. During his university days, he had a relationship with current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Penny Wong.
Between 1987 and 1990, he worked for the Australian Workers' Union. In the early 1990s, he worked at the law firm Duncan Hannon with Patrick Conlon and Isobel Redmond. With fellow Adelaide lawyer Stephen Lieschke, he established industrial law firm Lieschke & Weatherill in 1995 where he practised law until his election to the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham at the 2002 election when his party won government.
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