Minister for Forestry (Western Australia)
List of Ministers for Forestry

Minister for Forestry (Western Australia)

Section Title: List of Ministers for Forestry
Table Section Text: None

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

1	Robert Robinson	Nationalist	Lefroy	Minister for Woods and Forests	28 June 1917	17 April 1919	1 year, 358 days

Colebatch	Minister for Forests	17 April 1919	17 May 1919

Mitchell	17 May 1919	21 June 1919

2	John Scaddan	Nationalist	Mitchell	Minister for Forests	24 April 1930	24 April 1933	3 years, 0 days

3	John Willcock	Labor	Willcock	Minister for Forests	20 August 1936	9 December 1943	7 years, 111 days

4	Ross McLarty	Liberal	McLarty	Minister for Forests	1 April 1947	5 January 1948	279 days

5	Robert McDonald	Liberal	5 January 1948	7 October 1949	1 year, 275 days

– (4)	Ross McLarty	Liberal	7 October 1949	24 October 1950	1 year, 17 days

5	Gerald Wild	Liberal	24 October 1950	23 February 1953	2 years, 122 days

6	Herb Graham	Labor	Hawke	23 February 1953	2 April 1959	6 years, 38 days

7	William Bovell	Liberal	Brand	2 April 1959	3 March 1971	11 years, 335 days

8	Tom Evans	Labor	Tonkin	3 March 1971	12 October 1971	223 days

9	David Evans	12 October 1971	8 April 1974	2 years, 178 days

10	Alan Ridge	Liberal	C. Court	8 April 1974	10 March 1977	2 years, 336 days

11	June Craig	Minister for Lands and Forests	10 March 1977	25 August 1978	1 year, 168 days

12	David Wordsworth MLC	25 August 1978	25 January 1982	3 years, 153 days

13	Ian Laurance	Liberal	O'Connor	Minister for Forests	25 January 1982	25 February 1983	1 year, 31 days

14	Brian Burke	Labor	Burke	25 February 1983	22 March 1985	2 years, 25 days

15	Monty House	National	R. Court	Minister for Primary Industries	16 February 1993	16 February 2001	8 years, 0 days

16	Kim Chance MLC	Labor	Gallop	Minister for Forestry	16 February 2001	1 July 2001	7 years, 220 days

Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries	1 July 2001	10 March 2005	3 years, 252 days

Minister for Agriculture and Forestry	10 March 2005	25 January 2006	321 days

Carpenter	25 January 2006	3 February 2006	9 days

Minister for Forestry	3 February 2006	23 September 2008	2 years, 233 days

17	Terry Redman	National	Barnett	23 September 2008	11 December 2013	5 years, 79 days

18	Mia Davies	11 December 2013	17 March 2017	3 years, 96 days

19	Dave Kelly	Labor	McGowan	Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science	17 March 2017	9 February 2019	1 year, 329 days

Sentence(s)

The Minister for Forestry is Dave Kelly of the Labor Party, who holds the position as a member of the McGowan Labor Government.

final_sentence: The Minister for Forestry is Dave Kelly of the Labor Party, who holds the position as a member of the McGowan Labor Government.