Richard Layton Butler
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The Honourable Sir Richard L. Butler KCMG |
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| 31st Premier of South Australia Elections: 1927, 1930, 1933, 1938 |
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In office 18 April 1933 – 5 November 1938 |
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| Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Governor |
Earl of Gowrie Lord Dugan |
| Preceded by | Robert Richards |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Playford |
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In office 8 April 1927 – 17 April 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor |
Sir Tom Bridges Earl of Gowrie |
| Preceded by | Lionel Hill |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Hill |
| 20th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 17 April 1930 – 18 April 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Lionel Hill |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Lacey |
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In office 1925 – 8 April 1927 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Barwell |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Hill |
| Treasurer of South Australia | |
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In office 18 April 1933 – 5 November 1938 |
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| Premier | Himself |
| Preceded by | Robert Richards |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Playford IV |
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In office 8 April 1927 – 17 April 1930 |
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| Premier | Himself |
| Preceded by | Lionel Hill |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Hill |
| Member for Wooroora | |
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In office 9 April 1921 – 19 March 1938 |
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| Preceded by | Allan Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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In office 27 March 1915 – 6 April 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Oscar Duhst |
| Succeeded by | James McLachlan |
| Personal details | |
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31 March 1885 Gawler, South Australia, Australia |
| Died | 21 January 1966 (aged 80) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party |
Liberal Union (1915-1922) Liberal Federation (1922-1932) LCL (1932-1966) |
Sir Richard Layton Butler KCMG (31 March 1885 – 21 January 1966) was the 31st Premier of South Australia, serving two disjunct terms in office: from 1927 to 1930, and again from 1933 to 1938.
Born on a farm near Gawler, South Australia, the son of former South Australian Premier Sir Richard Butler and his wife Helena (née Layton), Butler studied at Adelaide Agricultural School before becoming a grazier at Kapunda and marrying Maude Draper on 4 January 1908.
Inheriting his father's interest in politics, Butler joined the conservative Liberal Union while young and was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for the rural electorate of Wooroora at the 1915 election, serving in the House alongside his father. Butler would lose his seat at the 1918 election (due to his support for conscription) but regained Wooroora at the 1921 election and retained the seat comfortably for the next seventeen years. He followed most of the Liberal Union into the Liberal Federation in 1922 when it joined forces with several pro-conscription Australian Labor Party members.
Butler made infrequent speeches in parliament and was in the habit of accidentally offending people through his choice of words. He was, however, known for his convivial style outside parliament and his equally pugnacious style inside the house. In 1925 he became Liberal Federation party whip, becoming party leader (and therefore Opposition leader) shortly afterward following the retirement of former premier Henry Barwell from politics. At the 1927 election, Butler successfully led the Liberal Federation to victory, winning 23 seats in the 46 seat Assembly, with the coalition Country Party winning five seats, the Labor Party 16, the Independent Protestant Labor Party one and an independent winning a seat. In becoming Premier (as well as Treasurer of South Australia and Minister of Railways), Butler and his father became the first (and so far only) father-son combination to serve as Premier of South Australia.
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