Police Ministers of

A Police Ministry was first introduced in the Mitchell Nationalist Government in 1919. Since then there have been 32 Ministers responsible for the Police portfolio in 19 different Governments.

Ministry Name Ministry Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date Of Office Date Mitchell (Nat) John Scaddan, CMG Minister for Police, Industries, & 25 June 1919 22 Mar1924 1919 - 1924 Forests

Collier (ALP) John Collings Willcock Minister for Police 16 April 1924 25 June 1928 1924 - 1930 Harold Millington Minister for Agriculture & Police 25 June 1928 23 April 1930

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

Collier (ALP) Harold Millington Minister for Agriculture, Police & 24 April 1933 26 Mar1935 1933 - 1936 North West Minister for Water Supplies, 26 Mar 1935 15 July 1936 Education & Police Frank Joseph Scott Wise Minister for Agriculture, Education & 15 July 1936 19 Aug 1936 Police

Willcock ((ALP) Frank Joseph Scott Wise Minister for Agriculture, Education & 20 Aug 1936 24 Mar 1937 1936 - 1945 Police William Henry Kitson, MLC Chief Secretary & Minister for 24 Mar 1937 18 April 1939 Police Chief Secretary & Minister for 9 Dec 1943 31 July 1945 Police

Wise (ALP) William Henry Kitson, MLC Chief Secretary & Minister for 31 July 1945 01 April 1947 1945 - 1947 Police

McLarty (Lib) Robert Ross McDonald, KC Attorney General, Minister for 1 Apr 1947 5 Jan 1948 1947 - 1953 Police & Native Affairs Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker, Chief Secretary & Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 DSO, VD, MLC Mines, Police & Native Affairs Chief Secretary & Minister for Mines 7 Oct 1949 6 April 1950 & Police Arthur Valentine Rutherford Attorney General, Minister for 06 April 1950 23 Feb 1953 Abbott Police & Fisheries

Hawke (ALP) Herbert Henry Styants Minister for Railways, Transport & 23 Feb 1953 14 April 1956 1953 - 1959 Police John Joseph Brady Minister for Native Welfare & Police 20 April 1956 02 April 1959

Brand (Lib) Charles Collier Perkins Minister for Transport, Police, 02 April 1959 07 Nov 1961 1959 - 1971 Labour & Native Welfare George Meredith Cornell Minister for Transport, Police & 16 Nov 1961 11 April 1962 Native Welfare James Frederick Craig Minister for Transport, Police & 12 April 1962 16 March 1965 Native Welfare Chief Secretary & Minister for 16 March 1965 03 March 1971 Police & Traffic

Tonkin (ALP) John Dolan, MLC Minister for Police & Transport 3 Mar 1971 30 Sept 1971 1971 - 1974 Minister for Police, Transport & 12 October 07 Feb 1973 Railways 1971 Minister for Police, Transport & 07 Feb 1973 30 May 1973 Railways & Leader of the Govt In LC Ronald Thompson, MLC Minister for Police, Community 30 May 1973 08 April 1974 Welfare & Tourism

Court (Lib) Raymond James O’Connor Minister for Transport, Traffic & 08 April 1974 01 May 1974 1974 - 1982 Police Minister for Transport, Police, 01 May 1974 05 June 1975 Traffic & Traffic Safety Minister for Transport, Police, 05 June 1975 10 March 1977 Traffic William Ralph Boucher Hassell Chief Secretary & Minister for 05 March 1980 25 Jan 1982 Police & Traffic & Community Welfare

O'Connor (Lib) William Ralph Boucher Hassell Minister for Police & Prisons & 25 January 30 Dec 1982 1982 - 1983 Minister assisting the Minister for 1982 Emergency Services Ian George Medcalf, ED, QC, Attorney General & Minister for 30 Dec 1982 25 Feb 1983 MLC Federal Affairs & Police & Leader of Govt LC

Burke (ALP) Jeffrey Phillip Carr Minister for Police & Emergency 25 Feb 1983 26 Feb 1986 1983 - 1988 Services & Local Government Arthur Raymond Tonkin Minister for Police & Emergency 26 Feb 1986 12 May 1986 Services & Water Resources Robert John Pearce Minister for Education, Planning, 12 May 1986 25 July 1986 Police & Emergency Services Gordon Leslie Hill Honorary Minister assisting 12 May 1986 25 July 1986 Ministers for Police & Emergency Services & Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs Gordon Leslie Hill Minister for Police & Emergency 25 July 1986 25 Feb 1988 Services & Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs

Dowding (ALP) Ian Frederick Taylor Minister for Police & Emergency 25 Feb 1988 28 Feb 1989 1988 - 1990 Services, & Minister assisting the Treasurer Minister for Police & Emergency 28 Feb 1989 12 Feb 1990 Services, Conservation & Land Management, & Waterways

Lawrence (ALP) Graham John Edwards, MLC Minister for Police, Emergency 19 Feb 1990 27 Feb 1991 1990 - 1993 Services & the Aged Minister for Police, Emergency 27 Feb 1991 16 Feb 1993 Services & Sport & Recreation

Court (ALP) Robert Laurence Wiese Minister for Police; & Emergency 16 Feb 1993 09 Jan1997 1993 - 2001 Services John Howard Dadley Day Minister for Police, Emergency 09 Jan 1997 28 July 1998 Services Anthony Kevin Royston Prince Minister for Police; Emergency 28 July 1998 16 Feb 2001 Services

Gallop (ALP) Michelle Hopkins Roberts Minister for Police & Emergency 16 Feb 2001 08 March 2001 2001 - 2006 Services; Justice; Community Safety Minister for Police & Emergency 08 March 2001 27 June 2003 Service Minister for Police & Emergency 27 June 2003 26 Feb 2005 Services; Justice and Community Safety Minister for Police & Emergency 10 March 2005 25 Jan 2006 Services; Community Safety from.

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Carpenter (ALP) Michelle Hopkins Roberts Minister for Police & Emergency 25 Jan 2006 3 Feb 2006 2006 - 2008 Services; Community Safety from John Biase D'Orazio Minister for Police & Emergency 3 Feb 2006 9 May 2006 Services; Justice; Community Safety John Charles Kobelke Minister for Police & Emergency 9 May 2006 23 Sept 2008 Services; Community Safety; Water Resources; Sport & Recreation

Barnett (Lib) Robert (Rob) Frank Johnson Minister for Police; Emergency 23 Sept 2008 28 Apr 2010 2008 Services; Road Safety Minister for Police; Emergency 28 Apr 2010 Services; Road Safety

Abbreviations ALP Australian Labor Party Govt Government LA Legislative Assembly LC Legislative Council Lib. Liberal MLA Member of the Legislative Assembly MLC Member of the Legislative Council Nat. Nationalist

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. - http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/pco/prod/filestore.nsf/Documents/LIDocument:61P/$FILE/Table13.pdf?OpenElement.

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