South Australian Legislative Council

Legislative Council
Legislative Council
55th Parliament
Type
Type	Upper house of the Parliament of South Australia
History
Founded	1836; 188 years ago
Leadership
President	Terry Stephens, Liberal ; since 3 May 2022
Leader of the Government	Kyam Maher, Labor ; since 24 March 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Nicola Centofanti, Liberal ; since 21 April 2022
Government Whip	Lee Odenwalder
Opposition Whip	David Pisoni
Structure
Seats	22
Political groups	Government (9) Labor (9) Opposition (8) Liberal (8) Crossbench (5) Greens (2) SA-BEST (2) One Nation (1)
Length of term	8 years
Elections
Voting system	Single transferable vote
First election	21 February 1851 as unicameral ; 09 March 1857 as bicameral
Last election	19 March 2022
Next election	21 March 2026
Meeting place
	Legislative Council Chamber; Parliament House, Adelaide,; South Australia, Australia
Website
	SA Legislative Council

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