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Minister for Education (Western Australia)

FieldValue
postMinister for Education
insigniaCoat of arms of Western Australia.svg
departmentDepartment of Education
imageSabine Winton MLA at Lake Joondalup.jpg
incumbentSabine Winton
incumbentsince
styleThe Honourable
nominatorPremier of Western Australia
appointerGovernor of Western Australia
inauguralGeorge Shenton
(as Colonial Secretary)
formation29 December 1890

(as Colonial Secretary) The Minister for Education and Training is the member of the Government of Western Australia responsible for maintenance and improvement of Western Australia's system of education, and is answerable to the Parliament for all actions taken by the Department of Education under their authority. The holder of the office is usually an elected member of parliament from the ruling party or coalition, presently Tony Buti of the Labor Party.

Until the Daglish Ministry in 1904, when the role was separately established, the responsibility for Education generally lay with the Colonial Secretary.

Ministers for Education

MinisterPartyAssumed officeLeft officeTermTitleNotes
George Shenton(Forrest)29 December 189011 October 1892Colonial Secretarynote 1
Stephen Henry Parker(Forrest)11 October 18924 December 1894
Sir John Forrest(Forrest)4 December 189419 December 1894
Edward Wittenoom(Forrest)19 December 189412 May 1897
Henry Lefroy(Forrest)12 May 189728 April 1898
George Randell(Forrest)28 April 189827 May 1901
Frederick IllingworthOpposition27 May 190121 November 1901note 1
Matthew MossMinisterialist21 November 190123 December 1901
Frederick IllingworthOpposition23 December 19011 July 1902
Walter KingsmillOpposition1 July 190210 August 1904
Henry DaglishLabor10 August 19047 June 1905
Thomas BathLabor7 June 190525 August 1905
Walter KingsmillMinisterialist25 August 19057 May 1906
Frank WilsonMinisterialist7 May 190630 June 1909
John NansonMinisterialist30 June 19097 October 1911
Thomas WalkerLabor7 October 191127 July 1916
Hal ColebatchLiberal (WA) /
Nationalist27 July 191617 June 1923
John EwingNationalist18 June 192315 April 1924
John DrewLabor16 April 192424 April 1930
Norbert KeenanNationalist24 April 193019 September 1931
Thomas DavyNationalist19 September 193118 February 1933
Hubert ParkerNationalist24 February 193324 April 1933
John WillcockLabor24 April 193326 March 1935
Harry MillingtonLabor26 March 193513 May 1936
Frank WiseLabor13 May 193618 April 1939
William KitsonLabor18 April 19399 December 1943
John TonkinLabor9 December 19431 April 1947
Arthur WattsCountry1 April 194723 February 1953
John TonkinLabor23 February 195313 May 1954
Bill HegneyLabor13 May 19542 April 1959
Arthur WattsCountry2 April 19591 February 1962
Edgar LewisCountry1 February 19623 March 1971
John TonkinLabor3 March 197112 October 1971
Tom EvansLabor12 October 197130 May 1973
Jerry DolanLabor30 May 19738 April 1974
Graham MacKinnonLiberal8 April 197410 March 1977
Peter JonesNational (NCP)10 March 19775 March 1980
Bill GraydenLiberal5 March 198025 January 1982
Andrew MensarosLiberal25 January 198225 February 1983
Bob PearceLabor25 February 198325 February 1988
Dr Carmen LawrenceLabor25 February 198812 February 1990
Dr Geoff GallopLabor12 February 19905 February 1991
Kay HallahanLabor5 February 199116 February 1993
Norman MooreLiberal16 February 199321 December 1995
Colin BarnettLiberal21 December 199516 February 2001
Alan CarpenterLabor16 February 200110 March 2005Minister for Education and Trainingnote 2
Ljiljanna RavlichLabor10 March 200513 December 2006
Mark McGowanLabor13 December 200623 September 2008
Liz ConstableIndependent23 September 200829 June 2012
Peter CollierLiberal29 June 201217 March 2017
Sue ElleryLabor17 March 201714 December 2022Minister for Education and Training
Tony ButiLabor14 December 202219 March 2025Minister for Education
Sabine WintonLabor19 March 2025presentMinister for Education; Early Childhood; Preventative Health; Wheatbelt.

Notes

  1. Politicians were not officially associated with organised parties until 1904.
  2. The position was known as Minister for Education and Training from 14 January 2003 to 23 September 2008, when it reverted to its previous name. See

References

Sources

  • (no ISBN)
  • Hansard indexes and Western Australian Government Gazettes, 1890–2010

References

  1. "Hon. Peter Charles Collier".
  2. (n.d.). "Hon. Suzanne (Sue) Mary Ellery MLC". [[Parliament of Western Australia]].
  3. (14 December 2022). "Premier unveils new team with a focus on renewal and experience". [[Premier of Western Australia]].
  4. "Premier announces new WA Labor Government Ministry portfolios {{!}} Western Australian Government".
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