Frank Blevins

Frank Blevins
The Honourable; 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
Treasurer of South Australia
	In office; 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993
Premier	Lynn Arnold
Preceded by	John Bannon
Succeeded by	Rob Lucas
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)

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]

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]

Political offices
Preceded by Don Hopgood	Deputy Premier of South Australia 1992 – 1993	Succeeded by Stephen Baker
Preceded by John Bannon	Treasurer of South Australia 1992 – 1993	Succeeded by Stephen Baker
South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by Max Brown	Member for Whyalla 1985–1993	District abolished
New district	Member for Giles 1993–1997	Succeeded by Lyn Breuer

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Cornwall, John (1989). Just for the Record: The Political Recollections of John Cornwall. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press. p. 63. ISBN 9781862542563.

[3] SA's former Deputy Premier Frank Blevins has died

[4] Cornwall, John (1989). Just for the Record: The Political Recollections of John Cornwall. Adelaide: Wakefiled Press. p. 4. ISBN 9781862542563.

[5] "House of Assembly - Tuesday 10 September 2013". Hansard. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

[6] "Hon Blevins". Former Member of the Parliament of South Australia. Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2013.