Minister for State Development (Western Australia) explained

Border:parliamentary
Minister:not_prime
Post:Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Insignia:Coat of arms of Western Australia.svg
Department:Department of State Development
Incumbent:Roger Cook
Style:The Honourable
Nominator:Premier of Western Australia
Appointer:Governor of Western Australia
Inaugural:James Mitchell
(as Minister for Industries)
Formation:16 September 1910
Website:Premier Mark McGowan

The Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Roger Cook of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1910, for the government of Frank Wilson, and has existed in most governments since then, including every government after 1939. The minister is responsible for the state government's Department of State Development.

List of ministers

width=5 Orderwidth=225 Ministerwidth=75 colspan="2" Partywidth=75 Premierwidth=300 Titlewidth=150 Term startwidth=150 Term end
James Mitchell NoneMinister for Industries16 September 19107 October 1911
1911–1916: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
James Mitchell  LiberalMinister for Industries27 July 191628 June 1917
Robert Robinson Nationalist28 June 191721 June 1919
John Scaddan Country25 June 191922 March 1924
William Angwin Labor16 April 192430 April 1927
1927–1930: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
John Scaddan  NationalistMinister for Industry24 April 193024 April 1933
James Kenneally LaborMinister for Industrial Development24 April 193326 March 1935
1935–1939: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
Albert Hawke LaborMinister for Industrial Development18 April 19391 April 1947
Arthur Watts Country1 April 194723 February 1953
Albert Hawke  Labor23 February 195313 May 1954
Lionel Kelly Labor13 May 195419 December 1957
Albert Hawke  Labor19 December 195713 November 1958
Frank Wise Labor13 November 19582 April 1959
Charles Court LiberalCourt2 April 19593 March 1971
Herb Graham Labor3 March 197112 October 1971
 Minister for Development and Decentralisation12 October 197130 May 1973
Don Taylor Labor30 May 19738 April 1974
Andrew Mensaros LiberalMinister for Industrial Development8 April 19745 March 1980
Peter Jones National CountryMinister for Industrial Development and Commerce
and Minister for Resources Development		5 March 198011 June 1982
 Minister for Resources Developmentalign=center rowspan=211 June 1982align=center rowspan=225 February 1983
Barry MacKinnon LiberalMinister for Industrial, Commercial, and Regional Development
Mal Bryce LaborMinister for Economic Development and Technology25 February 198323 December 1983
 Minister for Industrial Development23 December 198325 February 1986
 Minister for Industry and Technology25 February 198625 February 1988
David Parker LaborMinister for Economic Development and Trade25 February 198828 February 1989
 Minister for Resources Development28 February 198919 February 1990
Ian Taylor LaborMinister for Finance and Economic Development19 February 199020 December 1990
 Minister for State Development20 December 199016 February 1993
Colin Barnett LiberalBarnettMinister for Resources Development16 February 199316 February 2001
Clive Brown LaborMinister for State Development16 February 20013 March 2005
Alan Carpenter Labor3 March 200513 December 2006
Eric Ripper Labor13 December 200623 September 2008
Colin Barnett  Liberal23 September 200831 March 2016
Bill Marmion Liberal31 March 201617 March 2017
Mark McGowan LaborMcGowanMinister for State Development, Jobs and Trade17 March 201719 March 2021
Roger Cook LaborMcGowan19 March 2021present
Cook

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