Minister for State Development (Western Australia)
Minister for State Development is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Premier Mark McGowan of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1910, for the government of Frank Wilson, and has existed in most governments since then, including every government after 1939. The minister is responsible for the state government's Department of State Development.
| Minister for State Development | |
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| Department of State Development | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Nominator | Premier of Western Australia |
| Appointer | Governor of Western Australia |
| Inaugural holder | James Mitchell (as Minister for Industries) |
| Formation | 16 September 1910 |
| Website | Premier Mark McGowan |
| Minister assisting the Minister for State Development | |
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| Department of State Development | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Nominator | Premier of Western Australia |
| Appointer | Governor of Western Australia |
| Inaugural holder | James Mitchell (as Minister for Industries) |
| Formation | 16 September 1910 |
| Website | Minister Alannah MacTiernan MLC |
List of ministers
| Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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| 1 | James Mitchell | None | Minister for Industries | 16 September 1910 | 7 October 1911 | |||
| 1911–1916: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers | ||||||||
| James Mitchell (again) | Liberal | Minister for Industries | 27 July 1916 | 28 June 1917 | ||||
| 2 | Robert Robinson | Nationalist | 28 June 1917 | 21 June 1919 | ||||
| 3 | John Scaddan | Country | 25 June 1919 | 22 March 1924 | ||||
| 4 | William Angwin | Labor | 16 April 1924 | 30 April 1927 | ||||
| 1927–1930: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers | ||||||||
| John Scaddan (again) | Nationalist | Minister for Industry | 24 April 1930 | 24 April 1933 | ||||
| 5 | James Kenneally | Labor | Minister for Industrial Development | 24 April 1933 | 26 March 1935 | |||
| 1935–1939: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers | ||||||||
| 6 | Albert Hawke | Labor | Minister for Industrial Development | 18 April 1939 | 1 April 1947 | |||
| 7 | Arthur Watts | Country | 1 April 1947 | 23 February 1953 | ||||
| Albert Hawke (again) | Labor | 23 February 1953 | 13 May 1954 | |||||
| 8 | Lionel Kelly | Labor | 13 May 1954 | 19 December 1957 | ||||
| Albert Hawke (again) | Labor | 19 December 1957 | 13 November 1958 | |||||
| 9 | Frank Wise | Labor | 13 November 1958 | 2 April 1959 | ||||
| 10 | Charles Court | Liberal | Court | 2 April 1959 | 3 March 1971 | |||
| 11 | Herb Graham | Labor | 3 March 1971 | 12 October 1971 | ||||
| Minister for Development and Decentralisation | 12 October 1971 | 30 May 1973 | ||||||
| 12 | Don Taylor | Labor | 30 May 1973 | 8 April 1974 | ||||
| 13 | Andrew Mensaros | Liberal | Minister for Industrial Development | 8 April 1974 | 5 March 1980 | |||
| 14 | Peter Jones | National Country | Minister for Industrial Development and Commerce and Minister for Resources Development |
5 March 1980 | 11 June 1982 | 2 years, 357 days | ||
| Minister for Resources Development | 11 June 1982 | 25 February 1983 | ||||||
| 15 | Barry MacKinnon | Liberal | Minister for Industrial, Commercial, and Regional Development | |||||
| 16 | Mal Bryce | Labor | Minister for Economic Development and Technology | 25 February 1983 | 23 December 1983 | |||
| Minister for Industrial Development | 23 December 1983 | 25 February 1986 | ||||||
| Minister for Industry and Technology | 25 February 1986 | 25 February 1988 | ||||||
| 17 | David Parker | Labor | Minister for Economic Development and Trade | 25 February 1988 | 28 February 1989 | |||
| Minister for Resources Development | 28 February 1989 | 19 February 1990 | ||||||
| 18 | Ian Taylor | Labor | Minister for Finance and Economic Development | 19 February 1990 | 20 December 1990 | |||
| Minister for State Development | 20 December 1990 | 16 February 1993 | ||||||
| 19 | Colin Barnett | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Resources Development | 16 February 1993 | 16 February 2001 | ||
| 20 | Clive Brown | Labor | Minister for State Development | 16 February 2001 | 3 March 2005 | |||
| 21 | Alan Carpenter | Labor | 3 March 2005 | 13 December 2006 | ||||
| 22 | Eric Ripper | Labor | 13 December 2006 | 23 September 2008 | ||||
| Colin Barnett (again) | Liberal | 23 September 2008 | 31 March 2016 | |||||
| 23 | Bill Marmion | Liberal | 31 March 2016 | 17 March 2017 | ||||
| 24 | Mark McGowan | Labor | McGowan | 17 March 2017 | incumbent | 3 years, 329 days | ||
See also
References
- David Black (2014), The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition). Perth [W.A.]: Parliament of Western Australia.
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