Keith Seaman

Reverend
Sir Keith Seaman
KCVO OBE
Governor of South Australia
In office
1 September 1977 – 28 March 1982
Monarch Elizabeth II
Premier Don Dunstan
Des Corcoran
David Tonkin
Preceded by Douglas Nicholls
Succeeded by Donald Dunstan
Personal details
Born (1920-06-11)11 June 1920
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Died 30 June 2013(2013-06-30) (aged 93)
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

  1. ↑ "Former South Australian governor Sir Keith Seaman dies, aged 93". perthnow.com.au. 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices.". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 June 1920. p. 27. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Deaths – SEAMAN, Sir Keith.". The Advertiser. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Douglas R. Nicholls, KCVO, OBE		 Governor of South Australia
1977–1982 		Succeeded by
Lieutenant General Sir Donald B. Dunstan, AC, KBE, CB
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