www.elections.wa.gov.au Activity 1 State government Western Australian Premiers 1. Who was our first Premier in Western Australia? _________________________________________________________ 2. Which former Premiers have a suburb in Perth named after them? _________________________________________________________ 3. Who was Western Australia’s only female Premier? _________________________________________________________ 4. Which two Premiers are father and son? _________________________________________________________ 5. Who has the same surname as the engineer responsible for Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields pipeline? _________________________________________________________ 6. Who has a highway named after them? a ______________________________________________________ b ______________________________________________________ c ______________________________________________________ 7. Who has their statue in Kings Park? _________________________________________________________ Electoral Education Centre, 40 Havelock Street (cnr Parliament Place), West Perth Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Phone: (08) 6552 6077 Email: [email protected] Activity 1 8. Who served as Premier during the Second World War? _________________________________________________________ 9. Who was the longest serving Premier? _________________________________________________________ 10. Who was the shortest serving Premier? _________________________________________________________ 11. Which four Premiers served on two separate occasions? a ______________________________________________________ b ______________________________________________________ c ______________________________________________________ d ______________________________________________________ Electoral Education Centre, 40 Havelock Street (cnr Parliament Place), West Perth Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Phone: (08) 6552 6077 Email: [email protected] Activity 1 State government Western Australian Premiers ‒ Answer sheet 1. Who was our first Premier in Western Australia? _________________________________________________________Sir John Forrest 2. Which former Premiers have a suburb in Perth named after them? Henry_________________________________________________________ Daglish, Frank Wilson, Raymond O’Connor 3. Who was Western Australia’s only female Premier? Carmen_________________________________________________________ Lawrence 4. Which two Premiers are father and son? _________________________________________________________Sir Charles & Richard Court 5. Who has the same surname as the engineer responsible for Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields pipeline? Raymond_________________________________________________________ O’Connor 6. Who has a highway named after them? a ______________________________________________________Sir David Brand b ______________________________________________________John Tonkin c ______________________________________________________Sir John Forrest 7. Who has their statue in Kings Park? Sir_________________________________________________________ John Forrest Electoral Education Centre, 40 Havelock Street (cnr Parliament Place), West Perth Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Phone: (08) 6552 6077 Email: [email protected] Activity 1 8. Who served as Premier during the Second World War? _________________________________________________________John Wilcock 9. Who was the longest serving Premier? _________________________________________________________Sir David Brand 10. Who was the shortest serving Premier? _________________________________________________________Sir Hal Colebatch 11. Which four Premiers served on two separate occasions? a Frank______________________________________________________ Wilson b Sir ______________________________________________________ James Mitchell c Phillip ______________________________________________________ Collier d George ______________________________________________________ Leake Electoral Education Centre, 40 Havelock Street (cnr Parliament Place), West Perth Monday to Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm Phone: (08) 6552 6077 Email: [email protected].