Attorneys General of

Robert Thomas Robinson, Emil Nulsen & Joseph (Joe) Max Berinson have all served in three different Ministries. Cheryl Lynn Edwardes was the first woman Attorney General in Australia.

Ministry Ministers Name Ministerial Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date of Office Date Forrest (Forrest) Septimus Burt QC Attorney General 29 Dec 1890 27 Oct 1897 1890 - 1901 Richard William Pennefather Attorney General 27 Oct 1897 15 Feb 1901

Throssell (Forrest) Richard William Pennefather KC Attorney General 15 Feb 1901 20 March 1901 1901 William Frederick Sayer Attorney General 25 March 1901 27 May 1901

Leake (Opp) , KC Premier & Attorney General 27 May 1901 21 Nov 1901 1901

Morgans (Min) Frederick William Moorhead Attorney General 21 Nov 1901 23 Dec 1901 1901

Leake (Opp) George Leake, KC (CMG 1902) Premier & Attorney General 23 Dec 1901 24 June 1902 1901 1902 (died)

James (Lib) Walter Hartwell James Premier & Attorney General 1 July 1902 10 Aug 1904 1902 - 1904

Daglish (ALP) Robert Hastie Minister for Justice 10 Aug 1904 25 Aug 1905 1904 - 1905 (No Attorney General title)

Rason (Lib) Cornthwaite Hector Rason Premier, Colonial Treasurer & 25 Aug 1905 7 May 1906 1905 - 1906 (No Attorney General title) Minister for Justice

Moore Attorney General 7 May 1906 14 May 1909 1906 – 1909

Newton Moore Newton James Moore Premier, Minister for Lands & 14 May 1909 30 June 1909 (Min) (No Attorney General title) Justice 1909 - 1910 John Leighton Nanson Attorney General & Minister for 30 June 1909 16 Sept 1910 Education

Wilson (Lib) John Leighton Nanson Attorney General & Minister for 16 Sept 1910 7 Oct 1911 1910 - 1911 Education

Scaddan (ALP) Thomas Walker Attorney General & Minister for 7 Oct 1911 27 July 1916 1911 - 1916 Education

Wilson (Lib) Robert Thomas Robinson, KC Attorney General & Minister for 27 July 1916 28 June 1917 1916 - 1917 Mines

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Lefroy (Lib) Robert Thomas Robinson, KC Attorney General & Minister for 28 June 1917 17 April 1919 1917 - 1919 Industries, & Wood & Forests

Colebatch (Nat) Robert Thomas Robinson, KC Attorney General & Minister for 17 April 1919 17 May 1919 1919 Industries, & Wood & Forests

Mitchell (Nat) Thomas Percy Draper, KC, CBE Attorney General 17 May 1919 12 March 1921 1919 – 1924

Collier (ALP) John Collings Willcock Minister for Railways & Justice 16 April 1924 23 April 1930 1924 - 1930 (No Attorney General title)

Mitchell (Nat) Thomas Arthur Lewis Davy, KC Attorney General & Minister for 24 April 1930 18 Feb 1933 1930 - 1933 Education

Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker, Attorney General & Minister for 22 Feb 1933 24 April 1933 DSO Education

Collier (ALP) John Collings Willcock Minister for Justice, Railways & 24 Apr 1933 26 March 1935 1933 - 1936 (No Attorney General title) Education

Minister for Justice & Railways 26 March 1935 19 Aug 1936

Willcock (ALP) Frederick Charles Lee Smith Minister for Justice & Railways 27 Aug 1936 29 March 1939 1936 - 1945 (No Attorney General title)

Emil Nulsen Minister for Justice & Railways 29 March 1939 31 July 1945 (No Attorney General title)

Wise (ALP) Emil Nulsen Minister for Justice & Railways 31 July 1945 3 Aug 1945 1945 - 1947 (No Attorney General title) Minister for Justice & Health 3 Aug 1945 1 April 1947

McLarty (Lib) Robert Ross McDonald, KC Attorney General, Minister for 1 April 1947 5 Jan 1948 1947 - 1953 Police & Native Affairs

Arthur Valentine Rutherford Attorney General & Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 Abbott Health & Fisheries

Attorney General & Minister for 7 Oct 1949 6 April 1950 Prices & Fisheries

Attorney General & Minister for 6 April 1950 23 Feb 1953 Police & Fisheries

Hawke (ALP) Emil Nulsen Minister for Health & Justice 23 Feb 1953 2 April 1959 1953 - 1959 (No Attorney General title)

Brand (Lib) Arthur Frederick Watts, CMG Deputy Premier, Minister for 2 April 1959 31 Jan 1962 1959 - 1971 Education & Electricity & Attorney General

Arthur Frederick Griffith, MLC Minister for Mines Housing & 1 Feb 1962 16 March 1965 (No Attorney General title) Justices & Leader of the Government in the LC 2 Updated 18 March 2021

Minister for Mines & Justices, & 16 March 1965 3 March 1971 Leader of the Government in the LC

Tonkin (ALP) Ronald Edward Bertram Attorney General & Minister for 3 March 1971 30 Sept 1971 1971 - 1974 Railways

Thomas Daniel Evans Minister for Education & Attorney 12 Oct 1971 6 July 1972 General, Assisting the Treasurer

Minister for Education & 6 July 1972 30 May 1973 Recreation, Attorney General, Assisting Treasurer

Attorney General, Minister for 30 May 1973 8 April 1974 Recreation & Assistant Treasurer

Court (Lib) Neil McNeill MLC Minister for Justice, Leader of 8 April 1974 5 June 1975 1974 - 1982 (No Attorney General title) Government Legislative Council

Minister for Justice, Chief Secretary 5 June 1975 10 March 1977 & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Ian George Medcalf, ED, QC, MLC Attorney General & Minister for 22 Dec 1975 5 March 1980 Federal Affairs

Attorney General & Minister for 5 Mar 1980 25 Jan 1982 Federal Affairs & Leader of Government Legislative Council

O'Connor (Lib) Ian George Medcalf, ED, QC, MLC Attorney General & Minister for 25 Jan 1982 30 Dec 1982 1982 - 1983 Federal Affairs & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Attorney General & Minister for 30 Dec 1982 25 Feb 1983 Federal Affairs & Police & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Burke (ALP) Joseph Max Berinson, MLC Attorney General, Minister for 25 Feb 1983 19 April 1983 1983 - 1988 Inter-Government Relations & Defence Liaison Attorney General, Minister for 19 April 1983 31 May 1983 Budget Management & for Prisons

Attorney General, Minister for 31 May 1983 23 Dec 1983 Inter-Government Relations & Defence Liaison, Prisons

Attorney General, Minister for 23 Dec 1983 26 Feb 1986 Budget Management & Prisons

Attorney General, Minister for 26 Feb 1986 16 March 1987 Budget Management & Prisons & Deputy Leader of Government Legislative Council

Attorney General, Minister for 16 March 1987 25 Feb 1988 Budget Management & Corrective Services & Deputy Leader of Government Legislative Council 3 Updated 18 March 2021

Dowding (ALP) Joseph Max Berinson, MLC Attorney General, Minister for 25 Feb 1988 12 Feb 1990 1988 - 1990 Budget Management & Corrective Services & Deputy Leader of Government Legislative Council

Lawrence (ALP) Joseph Max Berinson, MLC Attorney General, Minister for 19 Feb 1990 30 April 1990 1990 - 1993 Corrective Services & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Attorney General, Minister for 30 April 1990 20 Dec 1990 Resources, Corrective Services & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Attorney General, Minister for 20 Dec 1990 16 Feb 1993 Corrective Services & Leader of Government Legislative Council

Court (Lib) Cheryl Lynn Edwardes Attorney General, Minister for 16 Feb 1993 21 Dec 1995 1993 - 2001 Women’s Interests & Parliamentary Electoral Affairs

Peter Gilbert da Conceicao Foss, Attorney General, Minister for 21 Dec 1995 9 Jan 1997 MLC Justice, the Environment, the Arts & Fair Trading

Attorney General, Minister for 9 Jan 1997 22 Dec 1999 Justice & the Arts

Attorney General & Minister for 22 Dec 1999 16 Feb 2001 Justice

Gallop (ALP) James Andrew McGinty Attorney General & Minister for 16 Feb 2001 27 June 2003 2001 - 2006 Justice and Legal Affairs, Electoral Affairs, Peel & the South West

Attorney General & Minister for 27 June 2003 25 Jan 2006 Health & Electoral Affairs

Carpenter (ALP) James Andrew McGinty Attorney General & Minister for 25 Jan 2006 23 Sept 2008 2006 - 2008 Health & Electoral Affairs

Barnett (Lib) Charles Christian (Christian) Attorney General; Minister for 23 Sept 2008 28 April 2010 2008 - 2013 Porter Corrective Services

Attorney General; Minister for 28 Apr 2010 14 Dec 2010 Corrective Services

Treasurer; Attorney General 14 Dec 2010 12 June 2012

Norman Frederick Moore, MLC Attorney General (temporary); 12 June 2012 28 June 2012 Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Fisheries and Electoral Affairs

Michael Mischin, MLC Attorney General 28 June 2012 21 March 2013

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Barnett (Lib) Hon Michael Mischin, MLC Attorney General; Minister for 21 March 2013 17 March 2017 2013 - 2017 Commerce

McGowan (ALP) Hon John Robert Quigley, MLA Attorney General 17 March 2017 13 Dec 2018 2017 - 2021 Attorney General; Minister for 13 Dec 2018 13 March 2021 Commerce

McGowan (ALP) Hon John Robert Quigley, MLA Attorney General; Minister for 19 March 2021 2021 Electoral Affairs

Abbreviations ALP Australian Labor Party Lib Liberal Min Ministeralist MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly MLC Member of the Legislative Council Nat Nationalist Opp Oppositionist

Sources 1. The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook edited by David Black (21st ed. Revised) 2005 2. Western Australian Government Gazette, No 28, 3 February 2006 3. Parliament of Western Australia website 2007 - http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au 4. Western Australian Government Gazette, No. 163, 23 September 2008 5. Western Australian Government Gazette, No. 57 (Special), 5 April, 2016 6. Parliament of Western Australia website, Members, 2016 http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/memblist.nsf/WAllMembers?openform 7. Premier announces re-elected Labor Government Ministry portfolios / Hon Mark McGowan. Media Statement 18 March 2021

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