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)

Thirteen people have been appointed as Minister for Child Protection (or equivalent), with Leslie Logan's 11 years and 335 days during the Brand Ministry the longest period in the position.

final_sentence: Thirteen people have been appointed as Minister for Child Protection (or equivalent), with Leslie Logan's 11 years and 335 days during the Brand Ministry the longest period in the position.