Minister for Agriculture and Food (Western Australia)

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Minister for Agriculture and Food
Coat of arms of Western Australia.svg
Incumbent
Jackie Jarvis MLC
since 14 December 2022 (2022-12-14)
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Style The Honourable
Nominator Premier of Western Australia
Appointer Governor of Western Australia
Inaugural holder John Drew MLC
(as Minister for Agriculture)
Formation7 June 1905 (1905-06-07)
Website https://www.wa.gov.au/government/premier-and-cabinet-ministers/jackie-jarvis

The Minister for Agriculture and Food is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia. The minister is responsible for the Department of Agriculture and Food, and usually holds several other portfolios.

The responsibilities now incorporated in the portfolio were originally held by the Colonial Secretary, and it was not until the 1904 Daglish Ministry that a separate Minister for Agriculture was appointed, with the inaugural minister being the nominally independent John Drew. From its first implementation through to the 1920s, and sporadically afterward, the titles of Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Lands were generally held by the same person, although the positions were legally separate, and were quite different in scope. A similar situation has existed since the late 1970s with the Fisheries and Forests portfolios. The minister's title was simply "Minister for Agriculture" until 1993, when Monty House was made Minister for Primary Industries in the Court–Cowan Ministry. The current title was implemented in 2005.

The current Minister for Agriculture and Food is Jackie Jarvis of the Labor Party. [1] The previous Minister for Agriculture and Food was Mark Lewis of the Liberal Party. Lewis was only the third Liberal to hold the position – in previous Coalition governments, the position has been reserved for members of the National Party (and its predecessors). [2] [3]

List of ministers for agriculture and food

Thirty three people have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Food (or equivalent) in Western Australia, with Crawford Nalder's 11 years and 335 days the longest time period in the position. [4] 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. [5]

OrderMinisterPartyPremierTitleTerm startTerm endTerm in office
1 John Drew MLC   Independent Daglish Minister for Agriculture7 June 190525 August 190579 days
2 Newton Moore  Ministerialist Rason 25 August 19057 May 1906255 days
3 Frank Wilson   Moore 7 May 190630 June 19093 years, 54 days
4 James Mitchell  30 June 190916 September 19102 years, 99 days
  Liberal Wilson 16 September 19107 October 1911
5 Thomas Bath   Labor Scaddan 7 October 191123 November 19143 years, 47 days
6 William Johnson  23 November 191427 July 19161 year, 247 days
7Sir Henry Lefroy KCMG   Liberal Wilson 27 July 191628 July 19172 years, 264 days
  Nationalist Lefroy 28 July 191717 April 1919
8 Charles Baxter MLC   Country Colebatch 17 April 191917 May 191930 days
9 Hal Colebatch MLC   Nationalist Mitchell 17 May 19193 April 19211 year, 351 days
10 Henry Kennedy Maley   Country 3 April 192115 April 19243 years, 12 days
11 Michael Troy   Labor Collier 15 April 192415 December 19273 years, 244 days
12 Harry Millington  15 December 192723 April 19302 years, 129 days
13 Percy Ferguson   Country Mitchell 23 April 193024 April 19333 years, 1 day

(12)
Harry Millington   Labor Collier 24 April 193326 March 19351 year, 336 days
14 Frank Wise  26 March 193519 August 193610 years, 130 days
  Willcock 19 August 193631 July 1945
  Wise 31 July 19453 August 1945
15 John Tonkin  3 August 19451 April 19471 year, 241 days
16 Lindsay Thorn   Country McLarty 1 April 19475 January 1948279 days
17 Garnet Wood MLC  Honorary Minister for Agriculture5 January 194824 October 19503 years, 363 days
 Minister for Agriculture24 October 19503 January 1952
18Sir Charles Latham MLC  3 January 195223 February 19531 year, 79 days
19 Ernest Hoar   Labor Hawke 23 February 195317 December 19574 years, 297 days
20 Lionel Kelly  17 December 19572 April 19591 year, 106 days
21 Crawford Nalder   Country Brand 2 April 19593 March 197111 years, 335 days
22 David Evans   Labor Tonkin 3 March 19718 April 19743 years, 36 days
23 Ray McPharlin   National Alliance Court 8 April 197420 May 19751 year, 42 days
24 Dick Old   National Country 5 June 197525 January 19827 years, 263 days
  O'Connor 25 January 198223 February 1983

(22)
David Evans   Labor Burke 23 February 198326 February 19863 years, 3 days
25 Julian Grill  26 February 198625 February 19883 years, 2 days
  Dowding 25 February 198828 February 1989
26 Ernie Bridge  28 February 198912 February 19903 years, 354 days
  Lawrence 12 February 199016 February 1993
27 Monty House   National Court Minister for Primary Industries16 February 199316 February 20018 years, 0 days
28 Kim Chance   Labor Gallop Minister for Agriculture16 February 20011 July 20017 years, 220 days
 Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries1 July 200110 March 2005
 Minister for Agriculture and Forestry10 March 200525 January 2006
  Carpenter 25 January 20063 February 2006
 Minister for Agriculture and Food3 February 200623 September 2008
29 Terry Redman   National Barnett 23 September 200821 March 20134 years, 179 days
30 Ken Baston MLC   Liberal 21 March 201331 March 20163 years, 10 days
31 Dean Nalder  31 March 201620 September 2016173 days
32 Mark Lewis  22 September 201617 March 20177 years, 305 days
33 Alannah MacTiernan MLC   Labor McGowan 17 March 201714 December 20225 years, 272 days
34 Jackie Jarvis  14 December 20228 June 20231 year, 224 days
  Cook 8 June 2023incumbent

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