Minister for Agriculture and Food (Western Australia)
| Minister for Agriculture and Food | |
|---|---|
MLC (as Minister for Agriculture) | |
| Formation | 7 June 1905 |
| Website | https://www.wa.gov.au/government/premier-and-cabinet-ministers/jackie-jarvis |
The Minister for Agriculture and Food is a position in the
Department of Agriculture and Food
, and usually holds several other portfolios.
The responsibilities now incorporated in the portfolio were originally held by the
Court–Cowan Ministry
. The current title was implemented in 2005.
The current Minister for Agriculture and Food is
List of ministers for agriculture and food
Thirty three people have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Food (or equivalent) in Western Australia, with Crawford Nalder's 11 years and 335 days the longest time period in the position.[4] 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.[5]
| Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MLC
|
Independent
|
Daglish | Minister for Agriculture | 7 June 1905 | 25 August 1905 | 79 days | |
| 2 | Newton Moore | Ministerialist | Rason
|
25 August 1905 | 7 May 1906 | 255 days | ||
| 3 | Frank Wilson | Moore | 7 May 1906 | 30 June 1909 | 3 years, 54 days | |||
| 4 | James Mitchell | 30 June 1909 | 16 September 1910 | 2 years, 99 days | ||||
| Liberal | Wilson | 16 September 1910 | 7 October 1911 | |||||
| 5 | Thomas Bath | Labor
|
Scaddan | 7 October 1911 | 23 November 1914 | 3 years, 47 days | ||
| 6 | William Johnson
|
23 November 1914 | 27 July 1916 | 1 year, 247 days | ||||
| 7 | Sir KCMG
|
Liberal | Wilson | 27 July 1916 | 28 July 1917 | 2 years, 264 days | ||
Nationalist
|
Lefroy | 28 July 1917 | 17 April 1919 | |||||
| 8 | MLC
|
Country
|
Colebatch | 17 April 1919 | 17 May 1919 | 30 days | ||
| 9 | MLC
|
Nationalist
|
Mitchell | 17 May 1919 | 3 April 1921 | 1 year, 351 days | ||
| 10 | Henry Kennedy Maley
|
Country
|
3 April 1921 | 15 April 1924 | 3 years, 12 days | |||
| 11 | Michael Troy
|
Labor
|
Collier | 15 April 1924 | 15 December 1927 | 3 years, 244 days | ||
| 12 | Harry Millington | 15 December 1927 | 23 April 1930 | 2 years, 129 days | ||||
| 13 | Percy Ferguson | Country
|
Mitchell | 23 April 1930 | 24 April 1933 | 3 years, 1 day | ||
| – (12) |
Harry Millington | Labor
|
Collier | 24 April 1933 | 26 March 1935 | 1 year, 336 days | ||
| 14 | Frank Wise | 26 March 1935 | 19 August 1936 | 10 years, 130 days | ||||
| Willcock | 19 August 1936 | 31 July 1945 | ||||||
| Wise | 31 July 1945 | 3 August 1945 | ||||||
| 15 | John Tonkin | 3 August 1945 | 1 April 1947 | 1 year, 241 days | ||||
| 16 | Lindsay Thorn | Country
|
McLarty | 1 April 1947 | 5 January 1948 | 279 days | ||
| 17 | MLC
|
Honorary Minister for Agriculture | 5 January 1948 | 24 October 1950 | 3 years, 363 days | |||
| Minister for Agriculture | 24 October 1950 | 3 January 1952 | ||||||
| 18 | Sir MLC
|
3 January 1952 | 23 February 1953 | 1 year, 79 days | ||||
| 19 | Ernest Hoar | Labor
|
Hawke | 23 February 1953 | 17 December 1957 | 4 years, 297 days | ||
| 20 | Lionel Kelly | 17 December 1957 | 2 April 1959 | 1 year, 106 days | ||||
| 21 | Crawford Nalder | Country
|
Brand | 2 April 1959 | 3 March 1971 | 11 years, 335 days | ||
| 22 | David Evans | Labor
|
Tonkin | 3 March 1971 | 8 April 1974 | 3 years, 36 days | ||
| 23 | Ray McPharlin | National Alliance | Court | 8 April 1974 | 20 May 1975 | 1 year, 42 days | ||
| 24 | Dick Old | National Country
|
5 June 1975 | 25 January 1982 | 7 years, 263 days | |||
| O'Connor | 25 January 1982 | 23 February 1983 | ||||||
| – (22) |
David Evans | Labor
|
Burke | 23 February 1983 | 26 February 1986 | 3 years, 3 days | ||
| 25 | Julian Grill | 26 February 1986 | 25 February 1988 | 3 years, 2 days | ||||
| Dowding | 25 February 1988 | 28 February 1989 | ||||||
| 26 | Ernie Bridge | 28 February 1989 | 12 February 1990 | 3 years, 354 days | ||||
| Lawrence | 12 February 1990 | 16 February 1993 | ||||||
| 27 | Monty House | National
|
Court | Minister for Primary Industries | 16 February 1993 | 16 February 2001 | 8 years, 0 days | |
| 28 | Kim Chance | Labor
|
Gallop | Minister for Agriculture | 16 February 2001 | 1 July 2001 | 7 years, 220 days | |
| Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries | 1 July 2001 | 10 March 2005 | ||||||
| Minister for Agriculture and Forestry | 10 March 2005 | 25 January 2006 | ||||||
| Carpenter | 25 January 2006 | 3 February 2006 | ||||||
| Minister for Agriculture and Food | 3 February 2006 | 23 September 2008 | ||||||
| 29 | Terry Redman | National
|
Barnett | 23 September 2008 | 21 March 2013 | 4 years, 179 days | ||
| 30 | MLC
|
Liberal
|
21 March 2013 | 31 March 2016 | 3 years, 10 days | |||
| 31 | Dean Nalder | 31 March 2016 | 20 September 2016 | 173 days | ||||
| 32 | Mark Lewis | 22 September 2016 | 17 March 2017 | 7 years, 218 days | ||||
| 33 | MLC
|
Labor
|
McGowan | 17 March 2017 | 14 December 2022 | 5 years, 272 days | ||
| 34 | Jackie Jarvis | 14 December 2022 | 8 June 2023 | 1 year, 137 days | ||||
| Cook | 8 June 2023 | incumbent | ||||||
References
- ^ "Jackie Jarvis | Western Australian Government". www.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
- ^ Cattle, Tyson (30 March 2013). "New Ag Minister to hit the ground running". Farm Weekly. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Thompson, Brad (17 May 2013). "Grylls defends farm policy". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Agriculture Ministers of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Last updated 29 June 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Addressing a Member of Parliament – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
