Thomas Price (South Australian politician)

Thomas Price
Premier of South Australia
In office 26 July 1905 – 31 May 1909
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor	Sir George Le Hunte Sir Day Bosanquet
Preceded by	Richard Butler
Succeeded by	Archibald Peake
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office 15 July 1904 – 26 July 1905
Preceded by	John Darling
Succeeded by	Richard Butler
Leader of the United Labor Party
In office 12 December 1899 – 31 May 1909
Preceded by	Lee Batchelor
Succeeded by	John Verran
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
In office 21 April 1887 – 31 May 1909
Preceded by	Josiah Symon
Succeeded by	George Dankel
Constituency	Sturt (1887–1902) Torrens (1902–1909)
Personal details
Born	Thomas Price (1852-01-19)19 January 1852 Brymbo, Wales, United Kingdom
Died	31 May 1909(1909-05-31) (aged 57) Mount Lofty, South Australia
Political party	United Labor Party

Thomas Price (19 January 1852 – 31 May 1909) served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia. He formed a minority government at the 1905 election and was re-elected with increased representation at the 1906 election, serving in the premiership until his death in 1909.^[1] It was the world's first stable Labor government. Shortly afterwards, John Verran led Labor to form the state's first of many majority governments at the 1910 election.

Achievements of the Price government included free state secondary schools, the formation of wages boards and a minimum wage, establishing the Municipal Tramways Trust through nationalisation, the costly administration of the Northern Territory was surrendered to the Federal government, and reform (though limited) of the upper house. The government also attained successive budget surpluses and reduced the accumulated public debt.