Minister for State Development (Western Australia)

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.

Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade
Incumbent Roger Cook since 19 March 2021 (2021-03-19)
Department of State Development
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of Western Australia
Appointer	Governor of Western Australia
Inaugural holder	James Mitchell (as Minister for Industries)
Formation	16 September 1910
Website	Premier Mark McGowan

List of ministers

Order	Minister	Party		Premier	Title	Term start	Term end
1	James Mitchell		None		Minister for Industries	16 September 1910	7 October 1911
1911–1916: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
	James Mitchell (again)		Liberal		Minister for Industries	27 July 1916	28 June 1917
2	Robert Robinson		Nationalist			28 June 1917	21 June 1919
3	John Scaddan		Country			25 June 1919	22 March 1924
4	William Angwin		Labor			16 April 1924	30 April 1927
1927–1930: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
	John Scaddan (again)		Nationalist		Minister for Industry	24 April 1930	24 April 1933
5	James Kenneally		Labor		Minister for Industrial Development	24 April 1933	26 March 1935
1935–1939: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
6	Albert Hawke		Labor		Minister for Industrial Development	18 April 1939	1 April 1947
7	Arthur Watts		Country			1 April 1947	23 February 1953
	Albert Hawke (again)		Labor			23 February 1953	13 May 1954
8	Lionel Kelly		Labor			13 May 1954	19 December 1957
	Albert Hawke (again)		Labor			19 December 1957	13 November 1958
9	Frank Wise		Labor			13 November 1958	2 April 1959
10	Charles Court		Liberal	Court		2 April 1959	3 March 1971
11	Herb Graham		Labor			3 March 1971	12 October 1971
					Minister for Development and Decentralisation	12 October 1971	30 May 1973
12	Don Taylor		Labor			30 May 1973	8 April 1974
13	Andrew Mensaros		Liberal		Minister for Industrial Development	8 April 1974	5 March 1980
14	Peter Jones		National Country		Minister for Industrial Development and Commerce and Minister for Resources Development	5 March 1980	11 June 1982
					Minister for Resources Development	11 June 1982	25 February 1983
15	Barry MacKinnon		Liberal		Minister for Industrial, Commercial, and Regional Development
16	Mal Bryce		Labor		Minister for Economic Development and Technology	25 February 1983	23 December 1983
					Minister for Industrial Development	23 December 1983	25 February 1986
					Minister for Industry and Technology	25 February 1986	25 February 1988
17	David Parker		Labor		Minister for Economic Development and Trade	25 February 1988	28 February 1989
					Minister for Resources Development	28 February 1989	19 February 1990
18	Ian Taylor		Labor		Minister for Finance and Economic Development	19 February 1990	20 December 1990
					Minister for State Development	20 December 1990	16 February 1993
19	Colin Barnett		Liberal	Barnett	Minister for Resources Development	16 February 1993	16 February 2001
20	Clive Brown		Labor		Minister for State Development	16 February 2001	3 March 2005
21	Alan Carpenter		Labor			3 March 2005	13 December 2006
22	Eric Ripper		Labor			13 December 2006	23 September 2008
	Colin Barnett (again)		Liberal			23 September 2008	31 March 2016
23	Bill Marmion		Liberal			31 March 2016	17 March 2017
24	Mark McGowan		Labor	McGowan	Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade	17 March 2017	19 March 2021
25	Roger Cook		Labor	McGowan		19 March 2021	present
				Cook

See also

• Minister for Energy (Western Australia)
• Minister for Mines and Petroleum (Western Australia)
• Minister for Regional Development (Western Australia)

References

• David Black (2014), The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition). Perth [W.A.]: Parliament of Western Australia.