First Dunstan ministry (South Australia)

This article is about the South Australian ministry led by Don Dunstan. For the Victorian ministry led by Albert Dunstan, see First Dunstan ministry (Victoria).
First Dunstan ministry

61st ministry of South Australia
Don Dunstan in 1963
Date formed1 June 1967 (1967-06-01)
Date dissolved16 April 1968 (1968-04-16); 320 days
People and organisations
MonarchQueen Elizabeth II
GovernorEdric Bastyan
PremierDon Dunstan
Deputy PremierDes Corcoran
No. of ministers9
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition cabinetHall shadow ministry
Opposition partyLiberal and Country
Opposition leaderSteele Hall
History
Legislature term38th
PredecessorWalsh ministry
SuccessorHall ministry

The first Dunstan ministry was the 61st ministry of the Government of South Australia, led by the state's 35th premier Don Dunstan. Dunstan assumed the premiership in June 1967 after Frank Walsh resigned due to ill-health. Dunstan's Labor government stood for a year before being defeated at the 1968 election. Dunstan's second ministry began in June 1970 after winning the 1970 election, which stood for almost nine years.

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