Mines Ministry of

A Mines Ministry was first established in the Forrest Government the first Government after responsible government was obtained in 1890. Since then there have been 36 Ministers for Mines in 33 Governments. Henry Gregory was Minister for Mines in 6 different Governments. Arthur Frederick Griffith was the longest continuous serving Minister for Mines in the Brand Government serving from 1959 - 1971 a period of 12 years.

Ministry Name Ministry Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date Of Office Date Forrest (Forrest) Edward Horne Wittenoom, Minister for Mines & Education 19 Dec 1894 12 May 1897 1890 - 1901 MLC Minister for Mines 12 May 1897 28 April 1898

Henry Bruce Lefroy Minister for Mines 28 April 1898 15 Feb 1901

Throssell (Forrest) Henry Bruce Lefroy Minister for Mines 15 Feb 1901 27May 1901 1901

Leake (Opp) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines 27May 1901 21 Nov 1901 1901

Morgans (Min) Frank Wilson Minister for Mines 21 Nov 1901 23 Dec 1901 1901

Leake (Opp) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines 23 Dec 1901 1 July 1902 1901 - 1902

James (Lib) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines 1 July 1902 10 Aug 1904 1902 - 1904

Daglish (ALP) Minister for Mines 10 Aug 1904 7 June 1905 1904 - 1905 William Dartnell Johnson Minister for Mines & Railways 7 June 1905 25 Aug 1905

Rason (Lib) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines & Railways 25 Aug 1905 7 May 1906 1905 - 1906

Moore (Min) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines & Railways 7 May 1906 16 Sept 1910 1906 - 1910

Wilson (Lib) Henry Gregory Minister for Mines & Railways 16 Sept 1910 7 Oct 1911 1910 - 1911

Scaddan (ALP) Minister for Mines & Railways 7 Oct 1911 23 Nov 1914 1911 - 1916 Minister for Mines & Water Supply, 23 Nov 1914 27 July 1916 Sewerage & Drainage

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

Lefroy (Lib) Minister for Mines & Railways 28 June 1917 27 July 1917 1917 - 1919 Charles Arthur Hudson Minister for Mines & Railways 27 July 1917 17 April 1919

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

Mitchell (Nat) Robert Thomas Robinson, Minister for Mines, Industries & 17 May 1919 21 June 1919 1919 -1924 KC Forests John Scaddan Minister for Mines, Railways, Police, 25 June 1919 22 Mar 1924 Industries, & Forest

Collier (ALP) Michael Francis Troy Minister for Mines & Agriculture 16 April 1924 30 April 1927 1924 - 1930 Selby Walter Munsie Minister for Mines & Health 30 April 1927 23 April 1930

Mitchell (Nat) John Scaddan, CMG Minister for Railways, Mines, Police, 24 April 1930 24 April 1933 1930 - 1933 Forests & Industry

Collier (ALP) Selby Walter Munsie Minister for Mines & Health 24 April 1933 19 Aug 1936 1933 - 1936

Willcock (ALP) Selby Walter Munsie Minister for Mines & Health 20 Aug 1936 12 March 1938 1936 - 1945 Alexander Hugh Panton Minister for Mines & Health 12 July 1938 31 July 1945

Wise (ALP) Alexander Hugh Panton Minister for Mines & Health 31 July 1945 3 Aug 1945 1945 - 1947 William Mortimer Marshall Minister for Mines, Railways & 3 Aug 1945 1 April 1947 Transport McLarty (Lib) Hubert Stanley Wyborn Minister for Mines & Health 1 April 1947 5 Jan 1948 1947 -1953 Parker, DSO, VD, MLC Chief Secretary, & Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 Mines & Police Chief Secretary, & Minister for 7 Oct 1949 6 April 1950 Mines & Police & Native Affairs Charles Herbert Simpson, Minister for Transport, Railways & 6 April 1950 23 Feb 1953 MLC Mines

Hawke (ALP) Lionel Francis Kelly Minister for Mines & Fisheries 23 Feb 1953 13 May 1954 1953 - 1959 Minister for Mines & Industrial 13 May 1954 19 Dec 1957 Development & Fisheries Arthur McAlister Moir Minister for Mines 19 Dec 1957 13 Nov 1958

Minister for Mines & Chief Secretary 13 Nov 1958 2 April 1959

Brand (Lib) Arthur Frederick Griffith, Minister for Mines & Housing, & 2 April 1959 31 Jan 1962 1959 - 1971 MLC Leader of Govt in LC

Minister for Mines & Housing & 1 Feb 1962 16March 1965 Justice & Leader of Govt in LC Minister for Mines & Justice & 16March 1965 3 March 1971 Leader of Govt in LC

Tonkin (ALP) Donald George May Minister for Mines & the North West 3 March 1971 12 Oct 1971 1971 - 1974 Minister for Mines & Electricity 12 Oct 1971 6 July 1972 Minister for Mines & Electricity & 6 July 1972 8 April 1974 Fuel

Court (Lib) Andrew Mensaros Minister for Industrial Development, 8 April 1974 1 May 1974 1974 - 1982 Mines, & Fuel & Energy Minister for Industrial Development, 1 May 1974 5 June 1975 Mines, Electricity & Fuel & Energy Minister for Industrial Development, 5 June 1975 5 March 1980 Mines, Fuel & Energy

Peter Vernon Jones Minister for Resources Development, 5 March 1980 12 Feb 1981 Mines, Fuel & Energy & Industrial Development & Commerce Minister for Resources Development, 12 Feb 1981 25 Jan 1982

Last updated 28 March 2013 Mines, Fuel & Energy, Housing, Regional Administration & the North West, Tourism, & Industrial Development & Commerce

O’Connor (Lib) Peter Vernon Jones Minister for Resources Development, 25 Jan 1982 25 Feb 1983 1982 - 1983 Mines, Fuel & Energy

Burke (ALP) Peter M’Callum Dowding, Minister for Mines & Fuel & Energy 25 Feb 1983 23 Dec 1983 1983 - 1988 MLC David Charles Parker Minister for Minerals & Energy, & 23 Dec 1983 26 Feb 1986 Minister Assisting the Minister Co- ordinating Economic & Social Development Minister for Minerals & Energy, the 26 Feb 1986 16 March 1987 Arts, & Minister Assisting the Minister Co-ordinating Economic & Social Development Minister for Minerals & Energy, 16 March 1987 25 Feb 1988 Economic Development & Arts

Dowding (ALP) Jeffrey Phillip Carr, JP Minister for Mines, Local 25 Feb 1988 28 Feb 1989 1988 - 1990 Government & Regional Development Minister for Mines, Fuel & Energy & 28 Feb 1989 12 Feb 1990 the Mid West

Lawrence (ALP) Jeffrey Phillip Carr, JP Minister for Mines, Fuel & Energy, 12 Feb 1990 20 Dec 1990 1990 - 1993 the Mid West & Small Business Minister for Mines, Fuel & Energy, 20 Dec 1990 05 Feb 1991 the Mid West Gordon Leslie Hill Minister for Mines, Fisheries, Spot & 05 Feb 1991 27 Feb 1991 Recreation, Mid-West & Minister assisting Minister for State Development Minister for Mines, Fisheries, Mid- 27 Feb 1991 7 Sept 1992 West & Minister assisting Minister for State Development Minister for Small Business, Mines, 7 Sept 1992 16 Feb 1993 Fisheries, & Minister assisting Minister for Employment, Trade & Investment

Court (Lib) Samuel Ernest George Minister for Mines, Lands, Minister 16 Feb 1993 25 Jan 1994 1993 - 2001 Cash, MLC assisting the Minister for Resources Development, & Leader of the Govt in LC Minister for Mines, Lands, Minister 25 Jan 1994 10 Feb 1995 assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister assisting the Minister Resources Development, & Leader of the Govt in LC Minister for Mines, Lands, Minister 10 Feb 1995 26 April 1996 assisting the Minister for Public Sector Management, & Leader of the Govt in LC Kevin John Minison Minister for Mines, Works, Services, 26 April 1996 9 Jan 1997 Disability Services & Minister assisting the minister for Justice Norman Frederick Moore, Minister for Mines, Tourism, Sport & 9 Jan 1997 22 Dec 1999 MLC Recreation, & Leader of the Govt in LC Minister for Mines, Tourism, Sport & 22 Dec 1999 16 Feb 2001 Recreation, Racing & Gaming & Leader of the Govt in LC

Gallop (ALP) Clive Morris Brown Minister for State Development; 16 Feb 2001 1 July 2001

Last updated 28 March 2013 2001 - 2006 (State Development was Small Business; Tourism & responsibility for the Goldfields-Esperance administration of the Department of Minerals & Petroleum which managed the Mining Act and related legislation) Minister for State Development; 1 July 2001 27 June 2003 Small Business; Tourism, Small Business Minister for State Development 27 June 2003 10 Mar 2005 Alan John Carpenter Minister for Energy & State 10 Mar 2005 25 Jan 2006 Development

Carpenter (ALP) Alan John Carpenter Premier; Minister for Public Sector 25 Jan 2006 3 Feb 2006 2006 - 2q008 Management; Water Resources; Federal Affairs; State Development; Energy John Bowler Minister for Resources & Assisting 3 Feb 2006 13 Dec 2006 (Minister for Resources the Minister for State Development; became responsible for the Employment Protection; Goldfields- administration of the Mines Esperance and Great Southern Act and related legislation) Francis (Fran) Michael Minister for Energy; Resources; 13 Dec 2006 23 Sept 2008 Logan Industry & Enterprise

Barnett (Lib) Norman Frederick Moore, Minister for Mines and Petroleum; 23 Sept 2008 28 Apr 2010 2008 MLC Fisheries; Electoral Affairs Minister for Mines and Petroleum; 28 Apr 2010 21 March 2013 Fisheries; Electoral Affairs

Barnett (Lib) Hon William Richard Minister for Mines and Petroleum; 21 March 2013 2013 Marmion Housing

Abbreviations ALP Govt Government LA Legislative Assembly LC Legislative Council Lib. Liberal Min. Ministeralist MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly MLC Member of the Legislative Council Nat. Nationalist Opp Opposition

Source:

1. The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook/ edited by David Black. 21st Revised Edition, 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. Acts with Administering Portfolios and Public Sector Agencies Updated 7 Oct 2008. -

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