Keith Seaman
| Reverend Sir Keith Seaman KCVO OBE |
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|---|---|
| Governor of South Australia | |
| In office 1 September 1977 – 28 March 1982 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier | Don Dunstan Des Corcoran David Tonkin |
| Preceded by | Douglas Nicholls |
| Succeeded by | Donald Dunstan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1920 McLaren Vale, South Australia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Tasmania, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
Reverend Sir Keith Douglas Seaman KCVO OBE (11 June 1920 – 30 June 2013) was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982.[1] He was the second successive governor to have been a minister of religion, Seaman being a minister in then recently merged Uniting Church in Australia. He was born in McLaren Vale in 1920.[2]
Seaman's term as governor was not without controversy. On 24 February 1978, The Advertiser reported that he was about to be dismissed. He wasn't, but was forced to admit that he had committed a 'grave impropriety' prior to his appointment; it had been examined by the Uniting Church discipline committee, and he had been allowed to continue his ministry.
Before being appointed governor, Reverend Keith Seaman had been superintendent of the "Adelaide Central Methodist Mission" (now 'Uniting Communities', formerly 'UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide'), and in 1973 was a member of the National Commission on Social Welfare, set up by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
He died at his home in 2013 aged 93.[3]
References
External links
- Queen to bishop at the Wayback Machine (archived March 14, 2006), The Bulletin, 2002.
- Prime Minister's press conference, 3 April 1973, announcing National Commission on Social Welfare. www.whitlam.org, retrieved 2008-10-10.
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Governor of South Australia 1977–1982 |
Succeeded by Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB |
