# Minister for Tourism (Western Australia)

The Minister for Tourism is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1959 during the Brand–Watts Ministry under the title Minister for Tourists. The current title was adopted in 1971.
The current Minister for Tourism is Rita Saffioti of the Labor Party. The minister, who has generally held other portfolios in addition to tourism, is responsible for Tourism Western Australia (previously the Western Australian Tourism Commission), the state government agency responsible for promoting Western Australia as a holiday destination and as an events venue.

## List of ministers for tourism

Twenty four people have been appointed as Minister for Tourism or equivalent. The inaugural minister, Sir David Brand, was also the longest-serving minister, serving for 11 years and 335 days. He was also premier during his time as tourism minister, which has since also occurred with Brian Burke, Richard Court, and Colin Barnett. Barnett was briefly minister during the Court–Cowan government, from 1993 to 1994, and then served twice as minister during his own government (briefly in 2013 and then from 2016), a gap of almost 20 years. Pam Beggs and Kim Hames also served non-consecutive terms as minister.
In the table below, members of the Legislative Council are designated "MLC". All others were members of the Legislative Assembly at the time of their service. In Western Australia, serving ministers are entitled to be styled "The Honourable", and may retain the style after three years' service in the ministry.
| Order | Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Sir David Brand | Liberal | Brand | Minister for Tourists | 2 April 1959 (1959-04-02) | 3 March 1971 (1971-03-03) | 11 years, 335 days |
| 2 | Tom Evans | Labor | Tonkin | Minister for Tourists | 3 March 1971 (1971-03-03) | 12 October 1971 (1971-10-12) | 223 days |
| 3 | Don Taylor | Labor | Tonkin | Minister for Tourism | 12 October 1971 (1971-10-12) | 30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) | 1 year, 230 days |
| 4 | Ronald Thompson MLC | Labor | Tonkin | Minister for Tourism | 30 May 1973 (1973-05-30) | 8 April 1974 (1974-04-08) | 313 days |
| 5 | Bill Grayden | Liberal | C. Court | Minister for Tourism | 8 April 1974 (1974-04-08) | 5 June 1975 (1975-06-05) | 1 year, 58 days |
| 6 | Alan Ridge | Liberal | C. Court | Minister for Tourism | 5 June 1975 (1975-06-05) | 10 March 1977 (1977-03-10) | 1 year, 278 days |
| 7 | Graham MacKinnon MLC | Liberal | C. Court | Minister for Tourism | 10 March 1977 (1977-03-10) | 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) | 2 years, 361 days |
| 8 | Ray O'Connor | Liberal | C. Court | Minister for Tourism | 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) | 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) | 344 days |
| 9 | Peter Jones | Liberal | C. Court | Minister for Tourism | 12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) | 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) | 347 days |
| 10 | Barry MacKinnon | Liberal | O'Connor | Minister for Tourism | 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) | 25 February 1983 (1983-02-25) | 1 year, 31 days |
| 11 | Brian Burke | Labor | Burke | Minister for Tourism | 25 February 1983 (1983-02-25) | 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) | 1 year, 299 days |
| 12 | Des Dans MLC | Labor | Burke | Minister for Tourism | 20 December 1984 (1984-12-20) | 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) | 1 year, 68 days |
| 11 | Pam Beggs | Labor | Burke | Minister for Tourism | 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) | 25 February 1988 (1988-02-25) | see below |
| 11 | Pam Beggs | Labor | Dowding | Minister for Tourism | 25 February 1988 (1988-02-25) | 28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) | see below |
| 12 | Julian Grill | Labor | Dowding | Minister for Tourism | 28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) | 12 February 1990 (1990-02-12) | 349 days |
| (11) | Pam Beggs | Labor | Lawrence | Minister for Tourism | 12 February 1990 (1990-02-12) | 16 February 1993 (1993-02-16) | 6 years, 6 days |
| 13 | Doug Shave | Liberal | R. Court | Minister for Tourism | 16 February 1993 (1993-02-16) | 24 August 1993 (1993-08-24) | 189 days |
| 14 | Colin Barnett | Liberal | R. Court | Minister for Tourism | 25 August 1993 (1993-08-25) | 25 January 1994 (1994-01-25) | see below |
| 15 | Richard Court | Liberal | R. Court | Minister for Tourism | 25 January 1994 (1994-01-25) | 21 December 1995 (1995-12-21) | 1 year, 330 days |
| 16 | Norman Moore MLC | Liberal | R. Court | Minister for Tourism | 21 December 1995 (1995-12-21) | 16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) | 5 years, 57 days |
| 17 | Clive Brown | Labor | Gallop | Minister for Tourism | 6 March 2001 (2001-03-06) | 27 June 2003 (2003-06-27) | 2 years, 113 days |
| 18 | Bob Kucera | Labor | Gallop | Minister for Tourism | 27 June 2003 (2003-06-27) | 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) | 1 year, 256 days |
| 19 | Mark McGowan | Labor | Gallop | Minister for Tourism | 10 March 2005 (2005-03-10) | 25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) | 330 days |
| 19 | Mark McGowan | Labor | Carpenter | Minister for Tourism | 25 January 2006 (2006-01-25) | 3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) | 330 days |
| 20 | Sheila McHale | Labor | Carpenter | Minister for Tourism | 3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) | 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) | 2 years, 233 days |
| 21 | Liz Constable | Independent | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23) | 14 December 2010 (2010-12-14) | 2 years, 82 days |
| 22 | Kim Hames | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 14 December 2010 (2010-12-14) | 22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) | see below |
| (14) | Colin Barnett | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 22 July 2013 (2013-07-22) | 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) | 167 days |
| 23 | Liza Harvey | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 5 August 2013 (2013-08-05) | 8 December 2014 (2014-12-08) | 1 year, 125 days |
| (22) | Kim Hames | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 8 December 2014 (2014-12-08) | 31 March 2016 (2016-03-31) | 1 year, 114 days |
| (14) | Colin Barnett | Liberal | Barnett | Minister for Tourism | 31 March 2016 (2016-03-31) | 17 March 2017 (2017-03-17) | 351 days |
| 24 | Paul Papalia | Labor | McGowan | Minister for Tourism | 17 March 2017 | 19 March 2021 | 4 years, 2 days |
| 25 | David Templeman | Labor | McGowan | Minister for Tourism | 19 March 2021 | 21 December 2021 | 277 days |
| 26 | Roger Cook | Labor | McGowan | Minister for Tourism | 21 December 2021 | 8 June 2023 | 1 year, 164 days |
| 27 | Rita Saffioti | Labor | Cook | Minister for Tourism | 8 June 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 123 days |

## List of assistant ministers for tourism

Ian Laurance was assistant minister to Ray O'Connor and Peter Jones during the last years of the Court government, led by Sir Charles Court. O'Connor and Jones both held multiple other portfolios.
| Order | Minister | Party | Party | Premier | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office |
| 1 | Ian Laurance | | Liberal | C. Court | Honorary Minister assisting the Minister for Tourism | 5 March 1980 (1980-03-05) | 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) | 1 year, 326 days |