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Rob Lucas
Treasurer of South Australia
In office 19 March 2018 – 21 March 2022 (2022-03-21)
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Tom Koutsantonis
Succeeded by	Stephen Mullighan
In office 20 October 1997 – 5 March 2002
Premier	John Olsen (1997–2001) Rob Kerin (2001–2002)
Preceded by	Stephen Baker
Succeeded by	Kevin Foley
Father of the Parliament of South Australia
In office 20 March 2010 – 19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
Preceded by	Graham Gunn
Succeeded by	Tom Koutsantonis
Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
In office 22 March 2018 – 21 March 2022
Premier	Steven Marshall
Preceded by	Kyam Maher
Succeeded by	Kyam Maher
In office 14 February 1993 – 5 March 2002
Premier	Dean Brown (1993–1996) John Olsen (1996–2001) Rob Kerin (2001–2002)
Succeeded by	Paul Holloway
Minister for Government Enterprises
In office 4 December 2001 – 5 March 2002
Premier	Rob Kerin
Preceded by	Iain Evans
Succeeded by	Kevin Foley
Minister for Industry & Trade
In office 14 February 2000 – 5 March 2002
Premier	John Olsen (2000–2001) Rob Kerin (2001–2002)
Preceded by	Iain Evans
Succeeded by	Kevin Foley
Minister for Education and Children's Services
In office 14 December 1993 – 20 October 1997
Premier	Dean Brown
Preceded by	Susan Lenehan
Succeeded by	Malcolm Buckby
Member of the Legislative Council of South Australia
In office 6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) – 19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
Personal details
Born	Robert Ivan Lucas (1953-06-07) 7 June 1953 (age 71) Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia (SA)
Alma mater	University of Adelaide

Robert Ivan Lucas (born 7 June 1953) is an Australian former politician and a former member of the South Australian Legislative Council between the 1982 election and the 2022 election, representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. Lucas served as the Treasurer of South Australia between 2018 and 2022 in the Marshall government, and previously served in the role between 1997 and 2002 in the Olsen and Kerin governments. Lucas was the Father of the Parliament until his retirement at the 2022 election.

Career

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Before his entry into politics, Lucas graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Economics, and a MBA.

In office, Lucas has been a Minister for Education and Children's Services, Minister for Industry and Trade and Minister for Government Enterprises. He also served as Treasurer from the 1997 election until his party's defeat at the 2002 election. During this time (1993 to 2002), he was the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. The appointment of Lucas, a member of the upper house Legislative Council, as Treasurer was a break in convention as previous Treasurers had been members of the lower house the House of Assembly. The precedence in appointing a member of the upper house as Treasurer was in New South Wales with the appointment of Michael Egan in 1995.

From 2002 until April 2007, Lucas served as Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade and Police, and between 2005 and 2006 was also Shadow Minister for Economic Development and Science and Information Economy. During this time (2002 to 2007), Lucas was the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council.

In 2014 Lucas returned to the Treasury portfolio albeit as Shadow Treasurer following the retirement of the previous portfolio holder and former Liberal leader Iain Evans. He became treasurer and Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council again on 19 March 2018 following his party winning government at the 2018 election.

Two days after the election, he announced on 19 March 2018 that he would be serving his final term in parliament, with an intention to leave parliament at the 2022 election.

Personal life

Lucas's mother Yoshiko was a "war bride" who met his father, Bob, who was part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan.

References

1. "About Rob". The Hon. Bob Lucas, MLC. Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
2. "Rob Lucas MLC". Premier of South Australia. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019.
3. "The South Australian Government Gazette, 19 March 2018, No. 18, Supplementary Gazette" (PDF). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
4. "Re-elected Liberal Treasurer Rob Lucas says this is his final term in State Parliament". The Advertiser. 19 March 2018.
5. "Will settle here". News. Vol. 62, no. 9, 488. South Australia. 7 January 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 8 September 2020 – via Trove.
6. Richardson, Tom (27 February 2015). "Tears flow as Lucas tells of mother's journey". InDaily.

External links

• "Lucas, Rob". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
• Personal website

• Australian people of Japanese descent
• Politicians of Japanese descent
• Members of the South Australian Legislative Council
• Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia
• 1953 births
• Living people
• Treasurers of South Australia
• 21st-century Australian politicians
• University of Adelaide alumni
• Australian politicians of Asian descent