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TOM PLAYFORD. Perhaps the second greatest South Australian Premier. At one time he was the longest serving Premier ever in the British Empire. A very good wikipedia article here
What impresses me about him is that although very much a conservative, he was also committed to the welfare of all. He did what he could to court Dunstan (who I would rate the greatest of the Premiers...but he is loathed almost as much as the suave PM who was loved by a few and despised by many more (here)
Despite his great social conscience, and his tireless working to see that South Australians would have work ... he still has a brand new road which runs right passed his house, with no other seeming reason for it!