Police Ministers of Western Australia
Police Ministers of Western Australia A Police Ministry was first introduced in the Mitchell Nationalist Government in 1919. Since then there have been 34 Ministers responsible for the Police portfolio in 20 different Governments. Ministry Name Ministry Title Assumption Retirement of Office Date Of Office Date Mitchell (Nat) Hon. John Scaddan, MLA, CMG Minister for Police, Industries, & 25 June 1919 22 Mar1924 1919 – 1924 Forests Collier (ALP) Hon. John Collings Willcock, Minister for Police 16 April 1924 25 June 1928 1924 - 1930 MLA Hon. Harold Millington, MLA Minister for Agriculture & Police 25 June 1928 23 April 1930 Mitchell (Nat) Hon. John Scaddan, MLA, CMG Minister for Railways, Mines, 24 April 1930 24 April 1933 1930 - 1933 Police, Forests & Industry Collier (ALP) Hon. Harold Millington, MLA 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 Hon. Frank Joseph Scott Wise, Minister for Agriculture, Education & 15 July 1936 19 Aug 1936 MLA Police Willcock ((ALP) Hon. Frank Joseph Scott Wise, Minister for Agriculture, Education & 20 Aug 1936 24 Mar 1937 1936 - 1945 MLA Police Hon. 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) Hon. 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 Hon. Hubert Stanley Wyborn Chief Secretary & Minister for 5 Jan 1948 7 Oct 1949 Parker, MLA, DSO, VD, MLC Mines, Police & Native Affairs Chief Secretary & Minister for Mines 7 Oct 1949 6 April 1950 & Police Hon.
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