Minister for Health (Western Australia)

Minister for Health is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Meredith Hammat of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1919, in the first ministry formed by James Mitchell, and has existed in every government since, with the minister being responsible for the Department for Health. Prior to 1919, the minister responsible for public health was the Colonial Secretary.

Titles

• 17 May 1919 – 15 April 1924: Minister for Public Health
• 16 April 1924 – present: Minister for Health

List of ministers

Term start	Term end	Minister	Party
17 May 1919	3 April 1921	Hal Colebatch		Nationalist
13 April 1921	22 August 1922	Frank Broun		Country
22 August 1922	15 April 1924	Richard Sampson		Country
16 April 1924	30 April 1927	John Drew		Labor
30 April 1927	23 April 1930	Selby Munsie		Labor
24 April 1930	24 April 1933	Charles Latham		Country
24 April 1933	12 March 1938	Selby Munsie (again)		Labor
24 March 1938	3 August 1945	Alexander Panton		Labor
3 August 1945	1 April 1947	Emil Nulsen		Labor
1 April 1947	5 January 1948	Hubert Parker		Liberal
5 January 1948	7 October 1949	Arthur Abbott		Liberal
7 October 1949	23 February 1953	Florence Cardell-Oliver		Liberal
23 February 1953	2 April 1959	Emil Nulsen (again)		Labor
2 April 1959	17 August 1965	Ross Hutchinson		Liberal
17 August 1965	3 March 1971	Graham MacKinnon		Liberal
3 March 1971	8 April 1974	Ron Davies		Labor
8 April 1974	20 May 1975	Norm Baxter		National Country
20 May 1975	5 June 1975	Graham MacKinnon (again)		Liberal
5 June 1975	10 March 1977	Norm Baxter (again)		National Country
10 March 1977	25 August 1978	Alan Ridge		Liberal
25 August 1978	25 February 1983	Ray Young		Liberal
25 February 1983	25 February 1986	Barry Hodge		Labor
25 February 1986	25 February 1988	Ian Taylor		Labor
25 February 1988	13 November 1992	Keith Wilson		Labor
26 November 1992	16 February 1993	Ian Taylor (again)		Labor
16 February 1993	10 February 1995	Peter Foss		Liberal
10 February 1995	21 December 1995	Graham Kierath		Liberal
21 December 1995	28 July 1998	Kevin Prince		Liberal
28 July 1998	16 February 2001	John Day		Liberal
16 February 2001	17 June 2003	Bob Kucera		Labor
27 June 2003	23 September 2008	Jim McGinty		Labor
23 September 2008	31 March 2016	Kim Hames		Liberal
31 March 2016	17 March 2017	John Day (again)		Liberal
17 March 2017[1]	21 December 2021[1]	Roger Cook		Labor
21 December 2021	19 March 2025[2]	Amber-Jade Sanderson		Labor
19 March 2025[3]		Meredith Hammat		Labor

See also

• Minister for Mental Health (Western Australia)