After years of effort, the Burnside Council eventually acquired the park in May 1963 after negotiations with the Premier, Sir Thomas Playford.
The combined A and B plants, with a total generating capacity of 330 megawatts, was named the Thomas Playford Station in recognition of the then South Australian Premier, Sir Thomas Playford.
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The premier Thomas Playford saw the need to be seen not to rely on interstate energy if he was to attract business to South Australia.
Thomas Playford IV (1896–1981), Premier of South Australia, 1938–1965
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The strong Family First Party vote in the 2006 election (the highest in the state) was due in part to their prominent local candidate, church minister Tom Playford, son of former Premier Sir Thomas Playford.
Of all federal and state ministers in Australian history, only the South Australian Sir Thomas Playford IV and Queensland's Joh Bjelke-Petersen held ministerial office continuously for longer than Thompson.