Premiers of Western Australia

Date: 1890 [unknown]
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Surnames/tags: Western_Australia Australia Government

Western Australia became a self-governing colony in 1890. Initially the title of Premier was unofficial but used in keeping with the term used in other states. The premier officially became one of the executive offices of the Western Australian government on 3 April 1947.

No.	Photo	Name	Birth place	Party	Years as Premier	No. years
1		Sir John Forrest	Western Australia,	Pro-Forrest	29 Dec 1890 – 15 Feb 1901	10 years, 1 month, 17 days
2		George Throssell	Ireland	Pro-Forrest	15 Feb 1901 – 27 May 1901	3 months, 12 days
3		George Leake	Western Australia,	Oppositionist	27 May 1901 – 21 Nov 1901; 23 Dec 1901 – 1 Jul 1902	5 months, 25 days; 6 months, 8 days
4		Alf Morgans	Wales	Ministerialist	21 Nov 1901 – 23 Dec 1901	1 month, 2 days
5	Photo	Sir Walter James	Western Australia,	Liberal	1 Jul 1902 – 10 Aug 1904	2 years, 1 months, 9 days
6	Photo	Henry Daglish	Victoria	Australian Labor Party (ALP)	10 Aug 1904 – 25 Aug 1905	1 year, 15 days
7	Photo	Sir Hector Rason	England	Ministerialist	25 Aug 1905 – 7 May 1906	8 months, 12 days
8		Sir Newton Moore	Western Australia	Ministerialist	7 May 1906 – 16 Sep 1910	4 years, 4 months, 9 days
9	Photo	Frank Wilson	England	Ministerialist; Liberal	16 Sep 1910 – 7 Oct 1911; 27 Jul 1916 – 28 Jun 1917	1 year, 21 days; 11 months, 29 days
10	Photo	John Scadden	South Australia	ALP	7 Oct 1911 – 27 Jul 1916	4 years, 9 months, 20 days
11	Photo	Henry Lefroy	Western Australia	Nationalist	28 Jun 1917 – 17 Apr 1919	1 year, 9 months, 20 days
12		Sir Hal Colebatch	England	Nationalist	17 Apr 1919 – 17 May 1919	1 month
13	Photo	Sir James Mitchell	Western Australia	Nationalist	17 May 1919 – 16 Apr 1924; 24 Apr 1930 – 24 Apr 1933	4 years, 10 months, 30 days; 3 years
14		Philip Collier	Victoria	ALP	16 Apr 1924 – 24 Apr 1930; 24 Apr 1933 – 19 Aug 1936	6 years, 8 days; 3 years, 3 months, 26 days
15	Photo	John Willcock	New South Wales	ALP	20 Aug 1936 – 31 Jul 1945	9 years, 11 months, 11 days
16	Photo	Frank Wise	Queensland	ALP	31 Jul 1945 – 1 Apr 1947	1 year, 7 months, 1 day
17	Photo	Sir Ross McLarty	Western Australia	Liberal	1 Apr 1947 – 25 Feb 1953	5 years, 10 months, 24 days
18		Albert Hawke	South Australia	ALP	23 Feb 1953 – 2 Apr 1959	6 years, 1 month, 10 days
19	Photo	Sir David Brand	Western Australia	Liberal	2 Apr 1959 – 03 Mar 1971	11 years, 11 months, 1 day
20		John Tonkin	Western Australia	ALP	3 Mar 1971 – 8 Apr 1974	3 years, 1 month, 5 days
21	Photo	Sir Charles Court	England	Liberal	8 Apr 1974 – 25 Jan 1982	7 years, 9 months, 17 days
22	Photo	Ray O’Connor	Western Australia	Liberal	25 Jan 1982 – 25 Feb 1983	1 year, 1 month
23	Photo	Brian Burke	Western Australia	ALP	25 Feb 1983 – 25 Feb 1988	5 years
24	Photo	Peter Dowding	Victoria	ALP	25 Feb 1988 – 12 Feb 1990	1 year, 11 months, 18 days
25	Photo	Dr. Carmen Lawrence	Western Australia	ALP	12 Feb 1990 – 16 Feb 1993	3 years, 4 days
26	Photo	Richard Court	Western Australia	Liberal	16 Feb 1993 – 10 Feb 2001	7 years, 11 months, 25 days
27	Photo	Dr. Geoff Gallop	Western Australia	ALP	10 Feb 2001 – 25 Jan 2006	4 years, 11 months, 15 days
28	Photo	Alan Carpenter	Western Australia	ALP	25 Jan 2006 – 23 Sep 2008	2 years, 6 months, 29 days
29	Photo	Colin Barnett	Western Australia	Liberal	23 Sep 2008 – 17 Mar 2017	8 years, 5 months, 22 days
30	Photo	Mark McGowan	New South Wales	ALP	17 Mar 2017 – 8 June 2023	6 years, 83 days
31	Photo	Roger Cook	Western Australia	Labor	8 June 2023 – incumbent

Correct to 1 July 2023

To Do List: (Only those that have passed away have been included)

Need Profiles

Sir Hector Rason 18 June 1858 – 15 March 1927

Frank Wilson 12 May 1859 – 7 December 1918

John Willcock 9 August 1879 – 7 June 1956

Frank Wise 30 May 1897 – 29 June 1986

Unconnected profiles

Alfred Edward Morgans (abt.1850-1933)

David Brand KCMG (1912-1979)

Henry Daglish

Profiles Needing Additional Information

Alfred Edward Morgans (abt.1850-1933)

Albert Redvers George Hawke (1900-1986) (locked profile TL request 1/7/23)

Henry Daglish

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Western_Australia
• https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/Fact+Sheets+Premiers+of+WA/$FILE/Fact+Sheets+Premiers+of+WA.pdf
• https://australianpolitics.com/states/wa/premiers-of-western-australia-since-1890