Parliament of South Australia

Parliament of South Australia
51st Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Assembly Legislative Council
Leadership
Queen of Australia	Elizabeth II Since 6 February 1952
Governor of South Australia	Kevin Scarce Since 8 August 2007
Speaker of the House of Assembly	Lyn Breuer, Labor Since 8 April 2010
President of the Legislative Council	Bob Sneath, Labor Since 27 April 2006
Structure
Seats	69 47 MHA 22 MLC
House of Assembly political groups	Government      Labor (26) Opposition      Liberal (18) Crossbench      Independent (3)
Legislative Council political groups	Government      Labor (8) Opposition      Liberal (7) Crossbench      SA Greens (2)      Family First (2)      No Pokies (2)      D4D (1)
Elections
House of Assembly voting system	Instant-runoff Vote
Legislative Council voting system	Single Transferable Vote
Last general election	20 March 2010
Next general election	15 March 2014
Meeting place
Parliament House, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Website
www.parliament.sa.gov.au

The Parliament of South Australia is the legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It has the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government.

The Parliament is elected by all citizens who are 18 or older at the time of an election.

The House of Assembly (lower house) has 47 members. The Legislative Council (upper house) has 22 councillors (MLCs).