Minister for Forestry (Western Australia)
The Minister for Forestry is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia. The minister is responsible for the Forest Products Commission, an agency of the government of Western Australia, and may hold other portfolios in addition to forestry. The current Minister for Forestry is Mia Davies of the National Party, who holds the position as a member of the Barnett Ministry.
The responsibilities now incorporated in the portfolio were originally held by the Colonial Secretary, and subsequently the Minister for Lands. A separate Minister for Forests was not appointed until the 1917 Lefroy Ministry, with the inaugural minister being Robert Robinson. From the late 1950s to the early 1980s the forests and lands portfolios were generally held by the same person, and for a brief period during the Court Ministry the two portfolios were merged, under the title Minister for Lands and Forests. The portfolio was again merged with others during the late 1980s and 1990s, with the minister responsible for forestry known as the Minister for Conservation and Land Management from 1985 to 1993 and as the Minister for Primary Industries from 1993 to 2001. Although the portfolio has since then often been held by the Minister for Agriculture or the Minister for Fisheries, it has been once again a standalone portfolio since 2006.
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List of Ministers for Forestry
Eighteen people have been appointed as Minister for Forestry (or equivalent) in Western Australia, with William Bovell's 11 years and 335 days the longest time period in the position.[1] In the table below, members of the Legislative Council are designated "MLC". All others were members of the Legislative Assembly at the time of their service. In Western Australia, serving ministers are entitled to be styled "The Honourable", and may retain the style after three years' service in the ministry.[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Robert Robinson | Nationalist | Lefroy | Minister for Woods and Forests | 28 June 1917 | 17 April 1919 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
Colebatch | Minister for Forests | 17 April 1919 | 17 May 1919 | |||||
Mitchell | 17 May 1919 | 21 June 1919 | ||||||
2 | John Scaddan | Nationalist | Mitchell | Minister for Forests | 24 April 1930 | 24 April 1933 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
3 | John Willcock | Labor | Willcock | Minister for Forests | 20 August 1936 | 9 December 1943 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
4 | Ross McLarty | Liberal | McLarty | Minister for Forests | 1 April 1947 | 5 January 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
5 | Robert McDonald | Liberal | 5 January 1948 | 7 October 1949 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
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Ross McLarty | Liberal | 7 October 1949 | 24 October 1950 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
5 | Gerald Wild | Liberal | 24 October 1950 | 23 February 1953 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
6 | Herb Graham | Labor | Hawke | 23 February 1953 | 2 April 1959 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
7 | William Bovell | Liberal | Brand | 2 April 1959 | 3 March 1971 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
8 | Tom Evans | Labor | Tonkin | 3 March 1971 | 12 October 1971 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
9 | David Evans | 12 October 1971 | 8 April 1974 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
10 | Alan Ridge | Liberal | C. Court | 8 April 1974 | 10 March 1977 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
11 | June Craig | Minister for Lands and Forests | 10 March 1977 | 25 August 1978 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||
12 | David Wordsworth MLC | 25 August 1978 | 25 January 1982 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||||
13 | Ian Laurance | Liberal | O'Connor | Minister for Forests | 25 January 1982 | 25 February 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
14 | Brian Burke | Labor | Burke | 25 February 1983 | 22 March 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
15 | Monty House | National | R. Court | Minister for Primary Industries | 16 February 1993 | 16 February 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
16 | Kim Chance MLC | Labor | Gallop | Minister for Forestry | 16 February 2001 | 1 July 2001 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries | 1 July 2001 | 10 March 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry | 10 March 2005 | 25 January 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Carpenter | 25 January 2006 | 3 February 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Minister for Forestry | 3 February 2006 | 23 September 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
17 | Terry Redman | National | Barnett | 23 September 2008 | 11 December 2013 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | ||
18 | Mia Davies | 11 December 2013 | 15 July 2024 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
List of assistant Ministers for Forestry
Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | David Evans | Labor | Burke | Minister assisting the Minister for Forests | 25 February 1983 | 22 March 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |
See also
References
- ↑ Forests Ministry of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Last updated 28 March 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Addressing a Member of Parliament – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2013.