Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Western Australia)
List of Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (Western Australia)

Section Title: List of Ministers for Aboriginal Affairs
Table Section Text: None

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

1	Ross McDonald	Liberal	McLarty	Minister for Native Affairs	1 April 1947	5 January 1948	2 years, 189 days

Minister for Native Welfare	5 January 1948	7 October 1949

2	Hubert Parker MLC	Minister for Native Affairs	7 October 1949	6 April 1950	181 days

3	Victor Doney	Country	6 April 1950	23 February 1953	2 years, 323 days

4	Bill Hegney	Labor	Hawke	Minister for Native Welfare	23 February 1953	20 April 1956	3 years, 57 days

5	John Brady	20 April 1956	2 April 1959	2 years, 347 days

6	Charles Perkins	Country	Brand	2 April 1959	16 November 1961	2 years, 228 days

7	George Cornell	16 November 1961	11 April 1962	146 days

8	Edgar Lewis	12 April 1962	3 March 1971	8 years, 325 days

No minister – portfolio transferred to Minister for Community Welfare (1971–1983).

9	Keith Wilson	Labor	Burke	Minister with special responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs	25 February 1983	26 February 1986	3 years, 150 days

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs	26 February 1986	25 July 1986

10	Ernie Bridge	25 July 1986	25 February 1988	2 years, 218 days

Dowding	25 February 1988	28 February 1989

11	Carmen Lawrence	28 February 1989	12 February 1990	1 year, 342 days

Lawrence	12 February 1990	5 February 1991

12	Judyth Watson	5 February 1991	16 February 1993	2 years, 11 days

13	Kevin Minson	Liberal	Court	16 February 1993	25 January 1994	343 days

14	Kevin Prince	25 January 1994	9 January 1997	2 years, 350 days

15	Kim Hames	9 January 1997	16 February 2001	see below

16	Alan Carpenter	Labor	Gallop	Minister for Indigenous Affairs	16 February 2001	27 June 2003	2 years, 131 days

17	John Kobelke	27 June 2003	25 January 2006	2 years, 221 days

Carpenter	25 January 2006	3 February 2006

18	Sheila McHale	3 February 2006	2 March 2007	1 year, 27 days

19	Michelle Roberts	2 March 2007	23 September 2008	1 year, 205 days

(15)	Kim Hames	Liberal	Barnett	23 September 2008	14 December 2010	6 years, 120 days

20	Peter Collier MLC	14 December 2010	21 March 2013	7 years, 266 days

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs	21 March 2013	6 September 2018

Sentence(s)

Twenty people have been appointed as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in Western Australia, with Edgar Lewis's 8 years and 325 days.

final_sentence: Twenty people have been appointed as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in Western Australia, with Edgar Lewis's 8 years and 325 days.