Treasurer of Western Australia
The Treasurer of Western Australia is the title held by the Cabinet Minister who is responsible for the management of Western Australia's public sector finances, and for preparing and delivering the annual State Budget. With only rare exceptions, until 2001, the position of Treasurer was usually held by the Premier of Western Australia .
Up until the government of Philip Collier in 1924, the position was called Colonial Treasurer.[1]
List of treasurers of Western Australia
Treasurer
Party
Assumed office
Left office
Term
William Henry Drake
(none)
1838[2]
1848
10 years
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy
none
1856[3]
December 1890
34 years, 181 days
Sir John Forrest
(pro-Forrest)1
29 December 1890
15 February 1901
10 years, 48 days
George Throssell
(pro-Forrest)1
15 February 1901
27 May 1901
101 days
Frederick Illingworth
Opposition1
27 May 1901
21 November 1901
178 days
Alf Morgans
Ministerialist1
21 November 1901
23 December 1901
32 days
Frederick Illingworth
Opposition1
23 December 1901
1 July 1902
190 days
James Gardiner
Opposition1
1 July 1902
20 April 1904
1 year, 294 days
Cornthwaite Rason
Opposition1
20 April 1904
10 August 1904
112 days
Henry Daglish
Labor
10 August 1904
25 August 1905
1 year, 15 days
Hector Rason
Ministerialist
25 August 1905
7 May 1906
255 days
Frank Wilson
Ministerialist
7 May 1906
30 June 1909
3 years, 54 days
Sir Newton Moore
Ministerialist
30 June 1909
16 September 1910
1 year, 78 days
Frank Wilson
Ministerialist
16 September 1910
7 October 1911
1 year, 21 days
John Scaddan
Labor
7 October 1911
27 July 1916
4 years, 294 days
Frank Wilson
Liberal (WA)
27 July 1916
28 June 1917
336 days
James Gardiner
Country
28 June 1917
2 April 1919
1 year, 278 days
Sir Henry Lefroy
Nationalist
2 April 1919
17 April 1919
15 days
Sir Hal Colebatch
Nationalist
17 April 1919
17 May 1919
30 days
Sir James Mitchell
Nationalist
17 May 1919
16 April 1924
4 years, 335 days
Philip Collier
Labor
16 April 1924
24 April 1930
6 years, 8 days
Sir James Mitchell
Nationalist
24 April 1930
24 April 1933
3 years, 0 days
Philip Collier
Labor
24 April 1933
20 August 1936
3 years, 118 days
John Willcock
Labor
20 August 1936
31 July 1945
8 years, 345 days
Frank Wise
Labor
31 July 1945
1 April 1947
1 year, 244 days
Sir Ross McLarty
Liberal
1 April 1947
23 February 1953
5 years, 328 days
Albert Hawke
Labor
23 February 1953
2 April 1959
6 years, 38 days
Sir David Brand
Liberal
2 April 1959
3 March 1971
11 years, 335 days
Tom Evans
Labor
3 March 1971
12 October 1971
223 days
John Tonkin
Labor
12 October 1971
8 April 1974
2 years, 178 days
Sir Charles Court
Liberal
8 April 1974
25 January 1982
7 years, 292 days
Ray O'Connor
Liberal
25 January 1982
19 February 1983
1 year, 25 days
Brian Burke
Labor
19 February 1983
25 February 1988
5 years, 6 days
Peter Dowding
Labor
25 February 1988
12 February 1990
1 year, 352 days
Dr Carmen Lawrence
Labor
12 February 1990
16 February 1993
3 years, 4 days
Richard Court
Liberal
16 February 1993
10 February 2001
7 years, 360 days
Eric Ripper
Labor
16 February 2001
23 September 2008
7 years, 220 days
Troy Buswell
Liberal
23 September 2008
27 April 2010
1 year, 216 days
Colin Barnett
Liberal
27 April 2010
14 December 2010
231 days
Christian Porter
Liberal
14 December 2010
12 June 2012
1 year, 181 days
Colin Barnett
Liberal
12 June 2012
7 July 2012
25 days
Troy Buswell
Liberal
7 July 2012
10 March 2014
1 year, 246 days
Colin Barnett
Liberal
10 March 2014
17 March 2014
7 days
Mike Nahan
Liberal
17 March 2014
17 March 2017
3 years, 0 days
Ben Wyatt
Labor
17 March 2017
18 March 2021
4 years, 1 day
Mark McGowan
Labor
18 March 2021
8 June 2023
2 years, 82 days
Rita Saffioti
Labor
8 June 2023
present
1 year, 7 days
References
Current Treasurers of Australia