Minister for Small Business (Western Australia)

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Minister for Small Business is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Paul Papalia of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1984, for the government of Brian Burke, and has existed in most governments since then. The minister is responsible for the state government's Small Business Development Corporation.

Government of Western Australia state government of Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government of Western Australia, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia. It is also commonly referred to as the WA Government or the Western Australian Government. The Government of Western Australia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1890 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, Western Australia has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, Western Australia ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth.

Paul Papalia CSC is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2007. Originally the member for Peel. he is now the member for Warnbro. A decorated former navy diver who served two tours in Iraq, Papalia entered parliament after winning a by-election sparked by the resignation of scandal-tarred former minister Norm Marlborough.

Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Western Australian state branch of the Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as WA Labor, is the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It is the current governing party of Western Australia since winning the 2017 election under Mark McGowan.

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List of ministers

Term startTerm endMinisterParty
20 December 198412 May 1986 Mal Bryce   Labor
12 May 198625 February 1988 Gavan Troy   Labor
25 February 198828 February 1989 Ernie Bridge   Labor
1989–1990: no minister – responsibilities held by the Minister for Economic Development and Trade
19 February 199020 December 1990 Jeff Carr   Labor
1990–1992: no minister – responsibilities held by other ministers
7 September 199216 February 1993 Gordon Hill   Labor
1993–1995: no minister – responsibilities held by the Minister for Commerce and Trade
10 February 199516 February 2001 Hendy Cowan   National
16 February 200127 June 2003 Clive Brown   Labor
27 June 200310 March 2005 Bob Kucera   Labor
10 March 20053 February 2006 John D'Orazio   Labor
3 February 20069 November 2006 Norm Marlborough   Labor
9 November 200623 September 2008 Margaret Quirk   Labor
2008–2010: no minister – responsibilities held by the Minister for Commerce
14 December 201021 March 2013 Simon O'Brien   Liberal
21 March 20135 August 2013 Liza Harvey   Liberal
5 August 201331 March 2016 Joe Francis   Liberal
31 March 201617 March 2017 Sean L'Estrange   Liberal
17 March 2017 Paul Papalia   Labor

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