Minister for Education (Western Australia)
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| nominator = Premier of Western Australia
| appointer = Governor of Western Australia
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| inaugural = George Shenton
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| formation = 29 December 1890
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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
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Minister | Party | Assumed office | Left office | Term | Title | Notes |
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George Shenton | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 29 December 1890 | 11 October 1892 | {{ayd|1890|12|29|1892|10|11}} | rowspan=10| Colonial Secretary | note 1 |
Stephen Henry Parker | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 11 October 1892 | 4 December 1894 | {{ayd|1892|10|11|1894|12|4}} | rowspan=5| | |
Sir John Forrest | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 4 December 1894 | 19 December 1894 | {{ayd|1894|12|4|1894|12|19}} | ||
Edward Wittenoom | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 19 December 1894 | 12 May 1897 | {{ayd|1894|12|19|1897|5|12}} | ||
Henry Lefroy | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 12 May 1897 | 28 April 1898 | {{ayd|1897|5|12|1898|4|28}} | ||
George Randell | style="background:#dddddd" | (Forrest) | 28 April 1898 | 27 May 1901 | {{ayd|1898|4|28|1901|5|27}} | ||
Frederick Illingworth | style="background:#e6e6aa" | Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 21 November 1901 | {{ayd|1901|5|27|1901|11|21}} | rowspan=3| note 1 | |
Matthew Moss | style="background:#ffddaa" | Ministerialist | 21 November 1901 | 23 December 1901 | {{ayd|1901|11|21|1901|12|23}} | ||
Frederick Illingworth | style="background:#e6e6aa" | Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 1 July 1902 | {{ayd|1901|12|23|1902|7|1}} | ||
Walter Kingsmill | style="background:#e6e6aa" | Opposition | 1 July 1902 | 10 August 1904 | {{ayd|1902|7|1|1904|8|10}} | rowspan=36 | | |
Henry Daglish | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 10 August 1904 | 7 June 1905 | {{ayd|1904|8|10|1905|6|7}} | ||
Thomas Bath | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 7 June 1905 | 25 August 1905 | {{ayd|1905|6|7|1905|8|25}} | ||
Walter Kingsmill | style="background:#ccddff" | Ministerialist | 25 August 1905 | 7 May 1906 | {{ayd|1905|8|25|1906|5|7}} | ||
Frank Wilson | style="background:#ccddff" | Ministerialist | 7 May 1906 | 30 June 1909 | {{ayd|1906|5|7|1909|6|30}} | ||
John Nanson | style="background:#ccddff" | Ministerialist | 30 June 1909 | 7 October 1911 | {{ayd|1909|6|30|1911|10|7}} | ||
Thomas Walker | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 7 October 1911 | 27 July 1916 | {{ayd|1911|10|7|1916|7|27}} | ||
Hal Colebatch | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal (WA) / Nationalist | 27 July 1916 | 17 June 1923 | {{ayd|1916|7|27|1923|6|23}} | ||
John Ewing | style="background:#ccddff" | Nationalist | 18 June 1923 | 15 April 1924 | {{ayd|1923|6|18|1924|4|15}} | ||
John Drew | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 16 April 1924 | 24 April 1930 | {{ayd|1924|4|16|1930|4|24}} | ||
Norbert Keenan | style="background:#ccddff" | Nationalist | 24 April 1930 | 19 September 1931 | {{ayd|1930|4|24|1931|9|19}} | ||
Thomas Davy | style="background:#ccddff" | Nationalist | 19 September 1931 | 18 February 1933 | {{ayd|1931|9|19|1933|2|18}} | ||
Hubert Parker | style="background:#ccddff" | Nationalist | 24 February 1933 | 24 April 1933 | {{ayd|1933|2|24|1933|4|24}} | ||
John Willcock | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 24 April 1933 | 26 March 1935 | {{ayd|1933|4|24|1935|3|26}} | ||
Harry Millington | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 26 March 1935 | 13 May 1936 | {{ayd|1935|3|26|1936|5|13}} | ||
Frank Wise | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 13 May 1936 | 18 April 1939 | {{ayd|1936|5|13|1939|4|18}} | ||
William Kitson | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 18 April 1939 | 9 December 1943 | {{ayd|1939|4|18|1943|12|9}} | ||
John Tonkin | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 9 December 1943 | 1 April 1947 | {{ayd|1943|12|9|1947|4|1}} | ||
Arthur Watts | style="background:#ddffcc" | Country | 1 April 1947 | 23 February 1953 | {{ayd|1947|4|1|1953|2|23}} | ||
John Tonkin | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 23 February 1953 | 13 May 1954 | {{ayd|1953|2|23|1954|5|13}} | ||
Bill Hegney | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 13 May 1954 | 2 April 1959 | {{ayd|1954|5|13|1959|4|2}} | ||
Arthur Watts | style="background:#ddffcc" | Country | 2 April 1959 | 1 February 1962 | {{ayd|1959|4|2|1962|2|1}} | ||
Edgar Lewis | style="background:#ddffcc" | Country | 1 February 1962 | 3 March 1971 | {{ayd|1962|2|1|1971|3|3}} | ||
John Tonkin | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 3 March 1971 | 12 October 1971 | {{ayd|1971|3|3|1971|10|12}} | ||
Tom Evans | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 12 October 1971 | 30 May 1973 | {{ayd|1971|10|12|1973|5|30}} | ||
Jerry Dolan | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 30 May 1973 | 8 April 1974 | {{ayd|1973|5|30|1974|4|8}} | ||
Graham MacKinnon | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 8 April 1974 | 10 March 1977 | {{ayd|1974|4|8|1977|3|10}} | ||
Peter Jones | style="background:#ddffcc" | National (NCP) | 10 March 1977 | 5 March 1980 | {{ayd|1977|3|10|1980|3|5}} | ||
Bill Grayden | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 5 March 1980 | 25 January 1982 | {{ayd|1980|3|5|1982|1|25}} | ||
Andrew Mensaros | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 25 January 1982 | 25 February 1983 | {{ayd|1982|1|25|1983|2|25}} | ||
Bob Pearce | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 25 February 1983 | 25 February 1988 | {{ayd|1983|2|25|1988|2|25}} | ||
Dr Carmen Lawrence | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 25 February 1988 | 12 February 1990 | {{ayd|1988|2|25|1990|2|12}} | ||
Dr Geoff Gallop | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 12 February 1990 | 5 February 1991 | {{ayd|1990|2|12|1991|2|5}} | ||
Kay Hallahan | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 5 February 1991 | 16 February 1993 | {{ayd|1991|2|5|1993|2|16}} | ||
Norman Moore | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 16 February 1993 | 21 December 1995 | {{ayd|1993|2|16|1995|12|21}} | ||
Colin Barnett | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 21 December 1995 | 16 February 2001 | {{ayd|1995|12|21|2001|2|16}} | ||
Alan Carpenter | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 16 February 2001 | 10 March 2005 | {{ayd|2001|2|16|2005|3|10}} | rowspan=3| Minister for Education and Training | note 2 |
Ljiljanna Ravlich | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 10 March 2005 | 13 December 2006 | {{ayd|2005|3|10|2006|12|13}} | rowspan=3| | |
Mark McGowan | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 13 December 2006 | 23 September 2008 | {{ayd|2006|12|13|2008|9|23}} | ||
Liz Constable | style="background:#dddddd" | Independent | 23 September 2008 | 29 June 2012 | {{ayd|2008|9|23|2013|03|21}} | ||
Peter Collier | style="background:#ccddff" | Liberal | 29 June 2012 | 17 March 2017 | {{ayd|2012|06|29|2017|03|17}} | {{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Collier,+Peter+Charles?opendocument |title=Hon. Peter Charles Collier |website=www.parliament.wa.gov.au}} | |
Sue Ellery | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 17 March 2017 | 14 December 2022 | {{ayd|2017|03|17|2022|12|14}} | Minister for Education and Training | {{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Ellery,+Suzanne+(Sue)+Mary?opendocument |title=Hon. Suzanne (Sue) Mary Ellery MLC |work=Current members |publisher=Parliament of Western Australia |date=n.d. |access-date=9 September 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/12/Premier-unveils-new-team-with-a-focus-on-renewal-and-experience.aspx |title=Premier unveils new team with a focus on renewal and experience |publisher=Premier of Western Australia |date=14 December 2022 |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219114522/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2022/12/Premier-unveils-new-team-with-a-focus-on-renewal-and-experience.aspx |url-status=dead }} |
Tony Buti | style="background:#ffd1d1" | Labor | 14 December 2022 | 19 March 2025 | {{ayd|2022|12|14}} | Minister for Education | |
Sabine Winton
|style="background:#ffd1d1"|Labor |19 March 2025 |present | |Minister for Education; Early Childhood; Preventative Health; Wheatbelt. |
Notes
- Politicians were not officially associated with organised parties until 1904.
- 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 {{Gazette WA|url=http://www.slp.wa.gov.au/gazette/gazette.nsf/0/35EF41AEF2DD7CBB48256CAE002158C7/$file/gg006.pdf|title=Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 - Reconstitution of the Gallop Ministry|date=14 January 2003|page=2003:101}}
References
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= Sources =
- {{Black and Bolton 2001}}
- {{Black and Bolton 2001|second=yes}}
- {{cite book|last=Bolton|first=Geoffrey|authorlink=Geoffrey Bolton|author2=Mozley, Ann|title=The Western Australian Legislature, 1870-1930|publisher=Australian National University|location=Canberra|year=1961}} (no ISBN)
- Hansard indexes and Western Australian Government Gazettes, 1890–2010
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Category:Education in Western Australia