Minister for Health (Western Australia) explained

Minister for Health is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Amber-Jade Sanderson of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1919, in the first ministry formed by James Mitchell, and has existed in every government since, with the minister being responsible for the Department for Health. Prior to 1919, the minister responsible for public health was the Colonial Secretary.

Titles

List of ministers

Term start Term end Minister Party
17 May 19193 April 1921Hal Colebatch Nationalist
13 April 192122 August 1922Frank Broun Country
22 August 192215 April 1924Richard Sampson Country
16 April 192430 April 1927John Drew Labor
30 April 192723 April 1930Selby Munsie Labor
24 April 193024 April 1933Charles Latham Country
24 April 193312 March 1938Selby Munsie  Labor
24 March 19383 August 1945Alexander Panton Labor
3 August 19451 April 1947Emil Nulsen Labor
1 April 19475 January 1948Hubert Parker Liberal
5 January 19487 October 1949Arthur Abbott Liberal
7 October 194923 February 1953Florence Cardell-Oliver Liberal
23 February 19532 April 1959Emil Nulsen  Labor
2 April 195917 August 1965Ross Hutchinson Liberal
17 August 19653 March 1971Graham MacKinnon Liberal
3 March 19718 April 1974Ron Davies Labor
8 April 197420 May 1975Norm Baxter National Country
20 May 19755 June 1975Graham MacKinnon  Liberal
5 June 197510 March 1977Norm Baxter  National Country
10 March 197725 August 1978Alan Ridge Liberal
25 August 197825 February 1983Ray Young Liberal
25 February 198325 February 1986Barry Hodge Labor
25 February 198625 February 1988Ian Taylor Labor
25 February 198813 November 1992Keith Wilson Labor
26 November 199216 February 1993Ian Taylor  Labor
16 February 199310 February 1995Peter Foss Liberal
10 February 199521 December 1995Graham Kierath Liberal
21 December 199528 July 1998Kevin Prince Liberal
28 July 199816 February 2001John Day Liberal
16 February 200117 June 2003Bob Kucera Labor
27 June 200323 September 2008Jim McGinty Labor
23 September 200831 March 2016Kim Hames Liberal
31 March 201617 March 2017John Day  Liberal
17 March 201721 December 2021[1] Roger Cook Labor
21 December 2021[2] Amber-Jade Sanderson Labor

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Roger Hugh Cook . Parliament of Western Australia . 11 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Amber-Jade Sanderson . Parliament of Western Australia . 11 March 2022.

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