Minister for Child Protection (Western Australia)
List of Ministers for Child Protection

Minister for Child Protection (Western Australia)

Section Title: List of Ministers for Child Protection
Table Section Text: None

Order	Minister	Party	Premier	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office

1	James Kenneally	Labor	Collier	Minister for Child Welfare	24 April 1933	26 March 1936	2 years, 337 days

1936–1950: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers.

2	Arthur Watts	Country	McLarty	Minister for Child Welfare	6 April 1950	23 February 1953	2 years, 323 days

3	Albert Hawke	Labor	Hawke	23 February 1953	2 April 1959	6 years, 38 days

4	Leslie Logan MLC	Liberal	Brand	2 April 1959	3 March 1971	11 years, 335 days

1971–1995: no separate minister – responsibilities held by Minister for Community Services.

5	Roger Nicholls	Liberal	R. Court	Minister for Family and Children's Services	29 June 1995	21 December 1995	175 days

6	Cheryl Edwardes	21 December 1995	9 January 1997	1 year, 19 days

7	Rhonda Parker	9 January 1997	22 December 1999	2 years, 347 days

8	June van de Klashorst	22 December 1999	16 February 2001	1 year, 56 days

2001–2006: no separate minister – responsibilities held by Minister for Community Development.

9	David Templeman	Labor	Carpenter	Minister for Child Protection	13 December 2006	2 March 2007	79 days

10	Sue Ellery	2 March 2007	23 September 2008	1 year, 205 days

11	Robyn McSweeney MLC	Liberal	Barnett	23 September 2008	21 March 2013	4 years, 179 days

12	Helen Morton MLC	21 March 2013	17 March 2017	3 years, 361 days

13	Simone McGurk	Labor	McGowan	17 March 2017	12 August 2018	1 year, 148 days

Sentence(s)

Simone McGurk of the Labor Party was a Minister for Child Protection.

final_sentence: Simone McGurk of the Labor Party was a Minister for Child Protection.