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Minister for Tourism (Western Australia)

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The Minister for Tourism is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1959 during the Brand–Watts Ministry under the title Minister for Tourists. The current title was adopted in 1971.

The current Minister for Tourism is Kim Hames of the Liberal Party, who holds the position as a member of the Barnett Ministry. The minister, who generally holds other portfolios in addition to electoral affairs, is responsible for Tourism Western Australia (previously the Western Australian Tourism Commission), the state government agency responsible for promoting Western Australia as a holiday destination and as an events venue.

List of Ministers for Tourism

Twenty-three people have been appointed as Minister for Tourism or equivalent. The inaugural minister, Sir David Brand, was also the longest-serving minister, serving for 11 years and 335 days. He was also premier during his time as tourism minister, which has since also occurred with Brian Burke, Richard Court, and Colin Barnett. Barnett was briefly minister during the Court–Cowan government, from 1993 to 1994, and was later minister again, for less than a month, during his own government in 2013, a gap of almost 20 years. Pam Beggs and the current minister, Kim Hames, have also served non-consecutive terms as minister.[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
1 Sir David Brand Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal Brand Minister for Tourists 2 April 1959 (1959-04-02) 3 March 1971 (1971-03-03) 11 years, 335 days
2 Tom Evans Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Labor Tonkin 3 March 1971 (1971-03-03) 12 October 1971 (1971-10-12) 223 days
3 Alexander Taylor Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Minister for Tourism 12 October 1971 (1971-10-12) 30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 1 year, 230 days
4 Ronald Thompson MLC Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) 8 April 1974 (1974-04-08) 313 days
5 Bill Grayden Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal C. Court 8 April 1974 (1974-04-08) 5 June 1975 (1975-06-05) 1 year, 58 days
6 Alan Ridge Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 5 June 1975 (1975-06-05) 10 March 1977 (1977-03-10) 1 year, 278 days
7 Graham MacKinnon MLC Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 10 March 1977 (1977-03-10) 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) 2 years, 361 days
8 Ray O'Connor Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) 344 days
9 Peter Jones Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) 347 days
10 Barry MacKinnon Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal O'Connor 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) 25 February 1983 (1983-02-25) 1 year, 31 days
11 Brian Burke Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Labor Burke 25 February 1983 (1983-02-25) 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) 1 year, 299 days
12 Des Dans MLC Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) Error: Second date should be year, month, day
11 Pam Beggs Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) 25 February 1988 (1988-02-25) see below
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Dowding 25 February 1988 (1988-02-25) 28 February 1989 (1989-02-28)
12 Julian Grill Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) 12 February 1990 (1990-02-12) 349 days
(11) Pam Beggs Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Lawrence 12 February 1990 (1990-02-12) 16 February 1993 (1993-02-16) 6 years,
6 days
13 Doug Shave Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal R. Court 16 February 1993 (1993-02-16) 24 August 1993 (1993-08-24) 189 days
14 Colin Barnett Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 25 August 1993 (1993-08-25) 25 January 1994 (1994-01-25) see below
15 Richard Court Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 25 January 1994 (1994-01-25) 21 December 1995 (1995-12-21) 1 year, 330 days
16 Norman Moore MLC Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 21 December 1995 (1995-12-21) 16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) 5 years, 57 days
17 Clive Brown Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Labor Gallop 6 March 2001 (2001-03-06) 27 June 2003 (2003-06-27) 2 years, 113 days
18 Bob Kucera Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 27 June 2003 (2003-06-27) 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) 1 year, 256 days
19 Mark McGowan Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) 25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) 330 days
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor Carpenter 25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) 3 February 2006 (2006-02-03)
20 Sheila McHale Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor 3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) 2 years, 233 days
21 Liz Constable Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent Independent Barnett 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) 14 December 2010 (2010-12-14) 2 years, 82 days
22 Kim Hames Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal 14 December 2010 (2010-12-14) 22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) see below
(14) Colin Barnett Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) 167 days
23 Liza Harvey Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) 8 December 2014 (2014-12-08) 1 year, 125 days
(22) Kim Hames Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal 8 December 2014 (2014-12-08) 2 November 2024 12 years, 184 days

List of assistant Ministers for Tourism

Ian Laurance was assistant minister to Ray O'Connor and Peter Jones during the last years of the Court government, led by Sir Charles Court. O'Connor and Jones both held multiple other portfolios.[1]

Order Minister Party Premier Title Term start Term end Term in office
1 Ian Laurance Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal Liberal C. Court Honorary Minister assisting the Minister for Tourism 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) 1 year, 326 days

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Tourism Ministers of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Last updated 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. ^ Addressing a Member of Parliament – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2015.