Summary
Frank Trevor Blevins (3 June 1939 – 7 September 2013) was an Australian politician and 6th Deputy Premier of South Australia from 1992 to 1993 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. Blevins served in both the Legislative Council and House of Assembly.[1] He was a minister in a number of portfolios. In 1983 in a dispute about the use of volunteers in the ambulance service, as minister for Health, he publicly sided with the St. John Council who managed the ambulance service against two unions, the Ambulance Employees Association and the Miscellaneous Workers Association. John Cornwall, reflects that this position probably damaged his credibility at the time, with both unions and the Labor Party.[2] Blevins was Treasurer of South Australia from 1992 to 1993.[3]
Frank Blevins | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Premier of South Australia | |
| In office 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993 | |
| Premier | Lynn Arnold |
| Preceded by | Don Hopgood |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Baker |
| Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party | |
| In office 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993 | |
| Leader | Lynn Arnold |
| Preceded by | Don Hopgood |
| Succeeded by | Mike Rann |
| Treasurer of South Australia | |
| In office 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993 | |
| Premier | Lynn Arnold |
| Preceded by | John Bannon |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Baker |
| Member for Giles | |
| In office 11 December 1993 – 10 October 1997 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | Lyn Breuer |
| Member for Whyalla | |
| In office 7 December 1985 – 10 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Maxwell Brown |
| Succeeded by | District Abolished |
| Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia | |
| In office 12 July 1975 – 15 November 1985 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Frank Trevor Blevins 3 June 1939 Manchester, England |
| Died | 7 September 2013 (aged 74) North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
Prior to entering parliament he was a British merchant seaman and then a merchant seaman at Whyalla.[4] He died at his home in 2013.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Search Classifieds - Whyalla News". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ^ Cornwall, John (1989). Just for the Record: The Political Recollections of John Cornwall. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press. p. 63. ISBN 9781862542563.
- ^ SA's former Deputy Premier Frank Blevins has died
- ^ Cornwall, John (1989). Just for the Record: The Political Recollections of John Cornwall. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press. p. 4. ISBN 9781862542563.
- ^ "House of Assembly - Tuesday 10 September 2013". Hansard. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ "Hon Blevins". Former Member of the Parliament of South Australia. Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2013.