Minister for Police (Western Australia)

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Minister for Police is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Paul Papalia of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1919, in the first ministry formed by James Mitchell, and has existed in almost every government since. The current minister is primarily responsible for the Western Australia Police, although past ministers held responsibilities now assigned to the Minister for Emergency Services and the Minister for Road Safety.

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Between 2003 and 2008 (in the Labor governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter) there was a separate minister titled Minister for Community Safety. Since 2008, the minister for police has also been the minister for road safety.

List of police ministers

Titles
Term startTerm endMinisterParty
25 June 191922 March 1924 John Scaddan   Country
16 April 192425 June 1928 John Willcock   Labor
25 June 192823 April 1930 Harold Millington   Labor
24 April 193024 April 1933John Scaddan (again)  Nationalist
24 April 193315 July 1936Harold Millington (again)  Labor
15 July 193624 March 1937 Frank Wise   Labor
24 March 193718 April 1939 William Kitson   Labor
1939–1943: no minister – responsibility for police held by the Chief Secretary
9 December 19431 April 1947William Kitson (again)  Labor
1 April 19475 January 1948 Ross McDonald   Liberal
5 January 19486 April 1950 Hubert Parker   Liberal
6 April 195023 February 1953 Arthur Abbott   Liberal
23 February 195314 April 1956 Herbert Styants   Labor
20 April 19562 April 1959 John Brady   Labor
2 April 19597 November 1961 Charles Perkins   Country
16 November 196111 April 1962 George Cornell   Country
12 April 19623 March 1971 James Craig   Country
3 March 197130 May 1973 Jerry Dolan   Labor
30 May 19738 April 1974 Ronald Thompson   Labor
8 April 197410 March 1977 Ray O'Connor   Liberal
10 March 19775 March 1980 Des O'Neil   Liberal
5 March 198030 December 1982 Bill Hassell   Liberal
30 December 198225 February 1983 Ian Medcalf   Liberal
25 February 198325 February 1986 Jeff Carr   Labor
25 February 198612 May 1986 Arthur Tonkin   Labor
12 May 198625 February 1988 Gordon Hill   Labor
25 February 198819 February 1990 Ian Taylor   Labor
19 February 199016 February 1993 Graham Edwards   Labor
16 February 19939 January 1997 Bob Wiese   National
9 January 199728 July 1998 John Day   Liberal
28 July 199816 February 2001 Kevin Prince   Liberal
16 February 200125 January 2006 Michelle Roberts   Labor
3 February 20068 May 2006 John D'Orazio   Labor
8 May 200623 September 2008 John Kobelke   Labor
23 September 200829 June 2012 Rob Johnson   Liberal
29 June 201217 March 2017 Liza Harvey   Liberal
17 March 201719 March 2021Michelle Roberts (again)  Labor
19 March 2021present Paul Papalia   Labor

List of community safety ministers

Term startTerm endMinisterParty
27 June 200325 January 2006 Michelle Roberts   Labor
3 February 20068 May 2006 John D'Orazio   Labor
8 May 200623 September 2008 John Kobelke   Labor

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