Minister of Community Welfare Minister of Family and Community Services
In office 20 April 1989 – 1 October 1992
In office 04 August 1988 – 12 August 1988
Minister for the Aged
In office 20 April 1989 – 1 October 1992
Minister of Health
In office 20 April 1989 – 1 October 1992
Minister of Water Resources
In office 18 December 1985 – 29 July 1988
Chief Secretary of South Australia
In office 16 July 1985 – 20 April 1989
Minister of Emergency Services
In office 16 July 1985 – 20 April 1989
Minister of Lands Minister of Repatriation
In office 10 November 1982 – 16 July 1985
Premier
John Bannon
Preceded by
Peter Arnold
Succeeded by
Roy Abbott
Minister for Environment and Planning
In office 10 November 1982 – 20 April 1989
Minister of Education
In office 24 June 1975 – 18 September 1979
Premier
Don Dunstan
Des Corcoran
Preceded by
Hugh Hudson
Succeeded by
Harold Allison
Minister Assisting the Premier
In office 20 September 1973 – 23 June 1975
Minister of Development and Mines
In office 20 September 1973 – 23 June 1975
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Baudin
In office 17 September 1977 – 11 December 1993
Preceded by
District created
Succeeded by
District abolished
Personal details
Born
Donald Jack Hopgood
(1938-09-05) 5 September 1938 (age 85) Prospect, South Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Helen Raelene Medlin
(m. 1964; died 2007)
Children
three
Parent(s)
Jack and Gwen (nee Bessell) Hopgood
Alma mater
Flinders University
Moderator of the Synod of South Australia
Church
Uniting Church in Australia
Elected
1997
Term ended
1999
Predecessor
Rev Margaret Polkinghorne
Successor
Rev Don Catford
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Donald Jack HopgoodAO (born 5 September 1938) is a former South Australian politician who was the 5th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to 1992. Hopgood represented the House of Assembly seats of Mawson from 1970 to 1977 and Baudin from 1977 to 1993 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, and was promoted to the Labor frontbench in 1973.[1]
Hopgood was moderator of the Synod of South Australia of the Uniting Church in Australia from 1997 to 1999.[2]
^ ab"Hon Dr Don Hopgood AO". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
^"About Hopgood Theatre". Country Arts SA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
Donald Jack Hopgood AO (born 5 September 1938) is a former South Australian politician who was the 5th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1985 to...
Hopgood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Hopgood (born 1934), Australian actor and writer DonHopgood (born 1938), Australian...
Corcoran (1968 and 1970–1979), Hugh Hudson (1979), Jack Wright (1982–1985), DonHopgood (1985–1992), Frank Blevins (1992–1993), Kevin Foley (2002–2011), John...
promoted to cabinet within a year. Following the resignation of Premier Don Dunstan and Labor's loss in the 1979 election, Bannon was elected to the...
1970, when Don Dunstan elevated him into what is still regarded as one of the most talented ministries this state has seen. Alongside Don Dunstan, the...
1973–1975 Don Banfield 1975–1977 Don Simmons 1977–1979 Allan Rodda 1979–1982 John Olsen 1982 Gavin Keneally 1982–1984 Jack Wright 1984–1985 DonHopgood 1985–1989...
gregarious personality and how he so often used humour to heal differences". DonHopgood, who served as education minister alongside Corcoran, observed that he...
Education In office 18 September 1979 – 10 November 1982 Preceded by DonHopgood Succeeded by Lynn Arnold Member of the South Australian House of Assembly...
ON DON DUNSTAN'S CULTURAL AND CULINARY JOURNEY" (PDF). "Private service for Don Dunstan today". AAP General News Australia. 9 February 1999. "Don Dunstan;...
Abbott Minister of Forests 1988–1992 Ministry abolished Preceded by DonHopgood Minister of Emergency Services 1989–1992 Succeeded by Kym Mayes New title...
10 November 1982 16 July 1985 Labor John Bannon Labor (1982–1992) 5 DonHopgood MHA for Baudin (born 1938) 16 July 1985 4 September 1992 Labor 6 Frank...
Australian Democrats, National Country Party, and an Independent Labor. Premier Don Dunstan abruptly resigned as premier on 15 February 1979, due to ill health...
The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan won a second term in government, defeating the Liberal and Country...
Semaphore, which had been won by Norm Peterson as an Independent in 1989. DonHopgood was the sitting MP for the abolished district of Baudin, which was largely...
Klunder ALP 2.8% Henley Beach Don Ferguson ALP 4.0% Mitchell Paul Holloway ALP 4.3% Hartley Terry Groom ALP 4.5% Baudin DonHopgood ALP 5.1% Fairly safe Walsh...
The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan won a fourth term in government, defeating the Liberal Party of Australia...
Adelaide Jack Wright ALP 15.6% Price George Whitten ALP 16.1% Baudin DonHopgood ALP 16.2% Napier Terry Hemmings ALP 19.2% Peake Keith Plunkett ALP 19...
4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993 Premier Lynn Arnold Preceded by DonHopgood Succeeded by Stephen Baker Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor...
Park Labor Geoff Virgo Dean Le Poidevin Kenneth Johnson Baudin Labor DonHopgood Mervyn Sawade Bragg Liberal Kevin Winn David Tonkin Brighton Labor Hugh...
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