title: Hall ministry
text: # Hall ministry
  
  The Hall Ministry was a ministry of the Government of South Australia, led by Liberal Country League Premier Steele Hall. It succeeded the First Dunstan Ministry on 17 April 1968, when Labor Premier Don Dunstan lost a motion of no confidence in the House of Assembly following the 1968 election on 2 March. It was in turn succeeded by the Second Dunstan Ministry on 2 June 1970 following the LCL government's defeat at the 1970 election.
  
  ## The Ministry
  
  The Ministry was sworn in by Governor Edric Bastyan on 17 April 1968.
  
  On 2 March 1970, Glen Pearson resigned from the ministry ahead of his retirement from Parliament. A minor reshuffle took place.
  
  The ministers listed served, except where indicated, until the end of the Ministry on 2 June 1970.
  
  | Office | Minister |
  | - | - |
  | Premier Minister of Industrial Development Treasurer (from 2 March 1970) | Steele Hall |
  | Deputy Premier Chief Secretary Minister of Health Minister of Mines | Ren DeGaris, MLC |
  | Treasurer Minister of Housing | Sir Glen Pearson, MHA (until 2 March 1970) |
  | Minister of Lands Minister of Repatriation Minister of Irrigation Minister of Immigration and Tourism | David Brookman, RDA, MHR |
  | Minister of Agriculture Minister of Forests | Ross Story, MLC |
  | Until 2 March 1970: Minister of Works Minister of Marine Minister of Labour and Industry Minister of Education (from 2 March 1970) | John Coumbe, MHR |
  | Attorney-General Minister of Social Welfare (until 2 March 1970) Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (until 2 March 1970) Minister of Labour and Industry (from 2 March 1970) | Robin Millhouse, LL.B., MLA |
  | Minister of Education (until 2 March 1970) From 2 March 1970: Minister of Social Welfare Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Minister of Housing | Joyce Steele, MHA |
  | Minister of Local Government Minister of Roads Minister of Transport | Murray Hill, MLC |
  | Minister of Works Minister of Marine | William Rodda (from 2 March 1970) |
  