North West Ministry of

A separate Ministry responsible for the North-West was established during the Mitchell Nationalist Government in 1919. Since then there have been 21 Ministers for the North-West. There was no Ministry for the North-West in the Collier, Mitchell & Richard Court Governments. In the Gallop Government 2001 the Ministry of the North West was divided into specific areas of the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne & Goldfields-Esperance. This arrangement continued during the 2006 Carpenter Labor Government. In the 2008 Barnett Government the Minister for Regional Development is now responsible for all regional matters including the North West.

Ministry Name Ministry Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date Of Office Date Mitchell (Nat) Hal Patershall Colebatch, MLC Minister for Public Health, Education, 17 May 1919 3 April 1921 1919 -1924 Agriculture & North-West

Minister for Education, North West & 3 April 1921 17 June 1923 Justice

John Ewing, MLC Minister for Education, North West & 17 June 1923 15 April 1924 Justice

No Minister for the North-West in the Collier (ALP 1924 - 1930) & Mitchell (Nat 1930 - 1933) Governments

Collier (ALP) Harold Millington Minister for Agriculture, Police & the 24 April 1933 26 March 1935 1933 - 1936 North West

Frank Joseph Scott Wise Minister for Agriculture & the North 26 March 1935 15 July 1936 West

Willcock ((ALP) No North West Ministry 20 Aug 1936 1936 - 1945 Aubrey Augustus Michael Minister for North West 29 March 1939 9 Dec 1943 Coverley Minister for North West & Forests 9 Dec 1943 31 July 1945

Wise (ALP) Aubrey Augustus Michael Minister for North West & Forests 31 July 1945 1 April 1947 1945 - 1947 Coverley

McLarty (Lib) Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, KBE, Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 1 April 1947 5 Jan 1948 1947 -1953 MM Forests & North-West

Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 House, Forests & North-West

Premier, Treasurer, Minister for 7 Oct 1949 24 Oct 1950 Forests & North-West

Garnet Barrington Wood, MLC Minister for Agriculture & the North- 24 Oct 1950 3 Jan 1952 (Honorary Minister for North-West 6 West April 1950 - 24 Oct 1950) Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, KBE, Premier, Treasurer & Minister for 17 Jan 1952 23 Feb 1953 MM North-West

Hawke (ALP) Harry Charles Strickland Minister for North-West & Supply & 23 Feb 1953 20 April 1956 1953 - 1959 shipping

Minister for Railways, North-West & 20 April 1956 13 Nov 1958 Supply & Shipping

Leader of Govt in LC, Minister for 13 Nov 1958 2 April 1959 Railways, the North-West & Supply & shipping

Brand (Lib) Charles Walter Michael Court, Minster for Industrial Development, 2 April 1959 16 March 1965 1959 - 1971 OBE Railways & the North-West

Minster for Industrial Development, 16 March 1965 17 Aug 1965 Transport, Railways & the North- West

Minster for Industrial Development, 17 Aug 1965 16 Feb 1967 Railways & the North-West

Minster for Industrial Development, & 16 Feb 1967 3 March 1971 the North-West

Tonkin (ALP) Donald George May Minister for Mines & the North-West 3 March 1971 12 Oct 1971 1971 - 1974 Herbert Ernst Graham Deputy Premier & Minister for 12 Oct 1971 6 July 1972 Industrial Development & Decentralisation, Town Planning & the North-West

Deputy Premier & Minister for 6 July 1972 30 May 1973 Development & Decentralisation,& the North-West

Court (Lib) Keith Alan Ridge Minister for Lands, Forests & the 8 April 1974 5 June 1975 1974 - 1982 North-West

Desmond Henry O’Neil (Kt, Deputy Premier, Minister for Works, 5 June 1975 10 Mach 1977 1980) Water Supplies, & the North-West

Deputy Premier, Chief Secretary, 10 Mach 1977 5 March 1980 Minister for Police & Traffic, & Minister for Regional Administration & the North West

Raymond James O’Connor Minister for Labour & Industry 5 March 1980 12 Feb 1981 Consumer Affairs, Immigration, Regional Administration & the North- West & Tourism

Peter Vernon Jones Minister for Resources Development, 12 Feb 1981 25 Jan 1982 Mines, Fuel & Energy, Housing, Regional Administration & the North- West, Tourism, & Industrial Development & Commerce

O’Connor (Lib) Barry John MacKinnon Minister for Industrial Development & 25 Jan 1982 16 Aug 1982 1982 - 1983 Commerce, Regional Administration & the North-West & Tourism Minister for Industrial Development & 16 Aug 1982 25 Feb 1983 Commerce, Regional Development & the North-West & Tourism

Burke (ALP) Julian Fletcher Grill Minister for Transport, Regional 25 Feb1983 26 Feb1986 1983 - 1988 Development, and the North-West with special responsibility for Bunbury 2000. Minister for Agriculture, the South- 26 Feb1986 12 May 1986 West, Fisheries, Transport & the

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Minister for Agriculture, the South- 12 May 1986 25 July 1986 West, Fisheries & the North-West

Ernest Francis Bridge Minister for Water Resources, the 25 July 1986 25 Feb 1988 North-West & Aboriginal Affairs

Dowding (ALP) Ernest Francis Bridge Minister for Water Resources, the 25 Feb 1988 28 Feb 1989 1988 - 1990 North West, Aboriginal Affairs & Small Business

Minister for Agriculture, Water 28 Feb 1989 19 Feb 1990 Resources, & the North West

Lawrence (ALP) Ernest Francis Bridge Minister for Agriculture, Water 19 Feb 1990 16 Feb 1993 1990 - 1993 Resources, & the North West

Court (Lib) No North West Ministry 16 Feb 1993 1 July 2001 1993 - 2001

Gallop (ALP) Thomas Gregory Stephens, Minister for Housing, Works; Local 1 July 2001 27 June 2003 2001 - 2006 MLC Government & Regional North West = Kimberley, Pilbara Development; Heritage; the & Gascoyne & Goldfields- Kimberley, Pilbara & Gascoyne & Esperance Goldfields-Esperance

Minister for Local Government & 27 June 2003 16 Sept 2004 Regional Development; Heritage; the Kimberley, Pilbara & Gascoyne; Goldfields-Esperance

Ljiljanna Ravlich, MLC Minister for Local Government & 21 Sept 2004 10 March 2005 Regional Development; Heritage; the Kimberley, Pilbara & Gascoyne; Goldfields-Esperance

Jonathan (Jon) Robert Ford, Minister for Fisheries; the Kimberley, 10 March 2005 25 Jan 2006 MLC Pilbara & Gascoyne

Carpenter (ALP) Jonathan (Jon) Robert Ford, Minister for Fisheries; the Kimberley, 25 Jan 2006 23Sept 2008 2006 2008 MLC Pilbara & Gascoyne

Barnett (Lib) Brendon John Grylls (Nationals) Minister for Regional Development; 23 Sept 2008 28 Apr 2010 2008 Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development; Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport

Minister for Regional Development; 28 Apr 2010 14 Dec 2010 Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development; Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport

Minister for Regional Development; 14 Dec 2010 21 March 2013 Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development

Barnett (Lib) Hon Brendon John Grylls Minister for Regional Development; 21 March 2013 2013 Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister

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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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