Editing Premier of Western Australia (section)

== List of premiers of Western Australia ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |{{abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Portrait
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Name{{br}}<small>(Birth–death){{br}}Constituency</small>
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Election
! scope=colgroup; colspan="3" |Term of office{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Political party{{sfn|Reid|Oliver|1982|p=4}}
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Ministry
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Monarch
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |Governor{{sfn|Black|2021|p=155–156}}
! scope=col; rowspan="2" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|- {{sronly|List of premiers of Western Australia}}
! scope=col; |Took office
! scope=col; |Left office
! scope=col; |Time in office
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4"; style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |1
| rowspan="4" |[[File:John_Forrest.jpg|130x130px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" |Sir [[John Forrest]]<br /><small>(1847–1918)<br />MLA for [[Electoral district of Bunbury|Bunbury]]<br />1890–1901</small>
| rowspan="4" |[[1890 Western Australian colonial election|1890]]<br />[[1894 Western Australian colonial election|1894]]<br />[[1897 Western Australian colonial election|1897]]
| rowspan="4" |29 December 1890
| rowspan="4" |14 February 1901
| rowspan="4" |10 years,{{br}}48 days
| rowspan="4" |None
| rowspan="4" |[[Forrest ministry]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
|[[Frederick Broome]]
| rowspan="4" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=F. K. |last=Crowley |title=Forrest, Sir John (1847–1918) |publisher=[[Australian National University]]|| url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forrest-sir-john-6211 |access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[William C. F. Robinson|William Robinson]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Gerard Smith (governor)|Gerard Smith]]
|-
| rowspan="12" |[[Edward VII]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2"; style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |2
| rowspan="2" |[[File:George_Throssell_(1840-1910).jpg|149x149px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[George Throssell]]<br /><small>(1840–1910)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]]</small><br /><small>1890–1904</small><br /><small>MLC for [[East Province (Western Australia)|East Province]]</small><br /><small>1907–1910</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1901 Western Australian state election|1901]]
| rowspan="2" |14 February 1901
| rowspan="2" |27 May 1901
| rowspan="2" |101 days
| rowspan="2" |None
| rowspan="2" |[[Throssell ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=Donald S.| last=Garden| title = Throssell, George (1840–1910)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]|  url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/throssell-george-8805| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock|Arthur Lawley]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |3
|[[File:George_Leake.jpg|147x147px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[George Leake]]<br /><small>(1856–1902)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Roebourne|Roebourne]]</small><br /><small>1890</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Albany|Albany]]</small><br /><small>1894–1900</small><br/><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of West Perth|West Perth]]</small><br /><small>1901–1902</small>
|—
|27 May 1901
|21 November 1901
|178 days
|None
|[[First Leake ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=B. K.| last=De Garis| title = Leake, George (1856–1902)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leake-george-7137| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |4
|[[File:Alf_Morgans_(1850-1933).jpg|148x148px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Alf Morgans]]<br /><small>(1850–1933)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Coolgardie|Coolgardie]]</small><br /><small>1897–1904</small>
|—
|21 November 1901
|23 December 1901
|32 days
|None
|[[Morgans ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=G. C.| last=Bolton| title = Morgans, Alfred Edward (1850–1933)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morgans-alfred-edward-7653| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |(3)
|[[File:George_Leake.jpg|147x147px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[George Leake]]<br /><small>(1856–1902)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Roebourne|Roebourne]]</small><br /><small>1890</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Albany|Albany]]</small><br /><small>1894–1900</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of West Perth|West Perth]]</small><br /><small>1901–1902</small>
|—
|23 December 1901
|24 June 1902
|190 days
|None
|[[Second Leake ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2"; style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |5
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Walter_James.jpg|149x149px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |Sir [[Walter James (Australian politician)|Walter James]]<br /><small>(1863–1943)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of East Perth|East Perth]]</small><br /><small>1894–1904</small>
| rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |1 July 1902
| rowspan="2" |10 August 1904
| rowspan="2" |2 years,{{br}}40 days
| rowspan="2" |None
| rowspan="2" |[[James ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=Lyall| last=Hunt| title = James, Sir Walter Hartwell (1863–1943)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/james-sir-walter-hartwell-6824| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Frederick Bedford]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |6
|[[File:HenryDaglish.jpeg|151x151px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Henry Daglish]]<small><br />(1866–1920)<br />MLA for [[Electoral district of Subiaco|Subiaco]]</small><br /><small>1901–1911</small>
|[[1904 Western Australian state election|1904]]
|10 August 1904
|25 August 1905
|1 year,{{br}}15 days
|[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[Daglish ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=H. J.| last=Gibbney| title = Daglish, Henry (1866–1920)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/daglish-henry-5862| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |7
|[[File:Cornthwaite_Rason_(1858-1927).jpg|152x152px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |Sir [[Hector Rason]]<br /><small>(1858–1927)</small><br /><small>MLC for [[Electoral district of Swan (Legislative Council)|Swan]]</small><br /><small>1889–1890</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of South Murchison|South Murchison]]</small><br /><small>1897–1901</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Guildford|Guildford]]</small><br /><small>1901–1906</small>
|[[1905 Western Australian state election|1905]]
|25 August 1905
|7 May 1906
|255 days
|None
|[[Rason ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=G. C.| last=Bolton| title = Rason, Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James (1858–1927)| chapter=Rason, Sir Cornthwaite Hector (1858–1927)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| chapter-url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/rason-sir-cornthwaite-hector-william-james-8159| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3"; style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |8
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Newton_Moore_(1870-1936).jpeg|149x149px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" |Sir [[Newton Moore]]<br /><small>(1870–1936)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Bunbury|Bunbury]]</small><br /><small>1904–1911</small>
| rowspan="3" |[[1908 Western Australian state election|1908]]
| rowspan="3" |7 May 1906
| rowspan="3" |16 September 1910
| rowspan="3" |4 years,{{br}}132 days
| rowspan="3" |None
| rowspan="3" |[[Moore ministry (Western Australia)|Moore ministry]]
| rowspan="3" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=David| last=Adams| title = Moore, Sir Newton James (1870–1936)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-sir-newton-james-7639| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland|Gerald Strickland]]
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[George V]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Independent}} |9
|[[File:Frank_Wilson_(1859-1918).jpeg|144x144px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Frank Wilson (politician)|Frank Wilson]]<br /><small>(1859–1918)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Canning|Canning]]</small><br /><small>1897–1901</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Perth|Perth]]</small><br /><small>1901</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Sussex|Sussex]]</small><br /><small>1904–1917</small>
|—
|16 September 1910
|7 October 1911
|1 year,{{br}}21 days
|None
|[[First Wilson ministry (Western Australia)|First Wilson ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="Frank Wilson">{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography|  first=David| last=Black| title = Wilson, Frank (1859–1918)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-frank-9135| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |10
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John_Scaddan.jpg|153x153px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[John Scaddan]]<br />(<small>1876–1934)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Ivanhoe (Western Australia)|Ivanhoe]]</small><br /><small>1904–1911</small> <br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe|Brown Hill-Ivanhoe]]</small><br /><small>1911–1916</small><br /><small>1916–1917</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Albany|Albany]]</small><br /><small>1919–1924</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Maylands|Maylands]]</small><br /><small>1930–1933</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1911 Western Australian state election|1911]]<br />[[1914 Western Australian state election|1914]]
| rowspan="2" |7 October 1911
| rowspan="2" |27 July 1916
| rowspan="2" |4 years,{{br}}294 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Scaddan ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=J. R.| last= Robertson| title = Scaddan, John (1876–1934)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]|  url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/scaddan-john-8348| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Harry Barron]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–1917)}}; color:white" |(9)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Frank_Wilson_(1859-1918).jpeg|144x144px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Frank Wilson (politician)|Frank Wilson]]<br /><small>(1859–1918)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Canning|Canning]]</small><br /><small>1897–1901</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Perth|Perth]]</small><br /><small>1901</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Sussex|Sussex]]</small><br /><small>1904–1917</small>
| rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |27 July 1916
| rowspan="2" |28 June 1917
| rowspan="2" |336 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party (1911–1917)|Liberal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Second Wilson ministry (Western Australia)|Second Wilson ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="Frank Wilson" />
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[William Ellison-Macartney]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:white" |11
|[[File:Henry_Lefroy.jpg|152x152px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |Sir [[Henry Lefroy]]<br /><small>(1854–1930)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Moore|Moore]]</small><br /><small>1892–1901</small><br /><small>1911–1921</small>
|[[1917 Western Australian state election|1917]]
|28 June 1917
|17 April 1919
|1 year,{{br}}293 days
|[[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
|[[Lefroy ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=Catherine| last= Cameron| title = Lefroy, Sir Henry Bruce (1853–1930)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lefroy-sir-henry-bruce-7159| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:white" |12
|[[File:Hal_Colebatch.jpg|157x157px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |Sir [[Hal Colebatch]]<br /><small>(1872–1953)</small><br /><small>MLC for [[East Province (Western Australia)|East Province]]</small><br /><small>1912–1923</small><br /><small>MLC for [[Metropolitan Province (Western Australia)|Metropolitan Province]]</small><br /><small>(1940–1948)</small>
|—
|17 April 1919
|17 May 1919
|30 days
|[[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
|[[Colebatch ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=B. K.| last= De Garis| title = Colebatch, Sir Harry Pateshall (Hal) (1872–1953)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/colebatch-sir-harry-pateshall-hal-5725| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:white" |13
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Sir_James_Mitchell.jpg|141x141px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |Sir [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]<br /><small>(1866–1951)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]]</small><br /><small>1905–1933</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1921 Western Australian state election|1921]]
| rowspan="2" |17 May 1919
| rowspan="2" |17 April 1924
| rowspan="2" |4 years,{{br}}335 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
| rowspan="2" |[[First Mitchell ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="James Mitchell">{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=G. C.| last= Bolton| title = Mitchell, Sir James (1866–1951)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mitchell-sir-james-733| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Francis Newdegate]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |14
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Philip_Collier.jpg|141x141px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Philip Collier]]<br /><small>(1873–1948)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Boulder|Boulder]]</small><br /><small>1905–1948</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1924 Western Australian state election|1924]]<br />[[1927 Western Australian state election|1927]]
| rowspan="2" |17 April 1924
| rowspan="2" |24 April 1930
| rowspan="2" |6 years,{{br}}8 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[First Collier ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="Philip Collier">{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first=David| last= Black| title = Collier, Philip (1873–1948)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/collier-philip-5732| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[William Campion (governor)|William Campion]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:white" |(13)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Sir_James_Mitchell.jpg|141x141px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |Sir [[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]<br /><small>(1866–1951)<br />MLA for [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]]<br />1905–1933</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1930 Western Australian state election|1930]]
| rowspan="2" |24 April 1930
| rowspan="2" |26 April 1933
| rowspan="2" |3 years
| rowspan="2" |[[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Second Mitchell ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="James Mitchell" />
|-
| rowspan="7" |''None''
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |(14)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Philip_Collier.jpg|141x141px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Philip Collier]]<br /><small>(1873–1948)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Boulder|Boulder]]</small><br /><small>1905–1948</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1933 Western Australian state election|1933]]<br />[[1936 Western Australian state election|1936]]
| rowspan="2" |26 April 1933
| rowspan="2" |19 August 1936
| rowspan="2" |3 years,{{br}}118 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Second Collier ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref name="Philip Collier" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Edward VIII]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |15
| rowspan="2" |[[File:John_Willcock.jpg|137x137px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[John Willcock]]<br /><small>(1879–1947)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Geraldton|Geraldton]]</small><br /><small>1917–1947</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1939 Western Australian state election|1939]]<br />[[1943 Western Australian state election|1943]]
| rowspan="2" |19 August 1936
| rowspan="2" |31 July 1945
| rowspan="2" |8 years,{{br}}345 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Willcock ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first= Noelene| last= Doohan| title = Willcock, John Collings (1879–1956)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/willcock-john-collings-9106| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[George VI]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |16
|[[File:Honfrankjosephwise.jpg|126x126px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Frank Wise]]<br /><small>(1897–1986)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Gascoyne|Gascoyne]]</small><br /><small>1933–1951</small>
|—
|31 July 1945
|1 April 1947
|1 year,{{br}}244 days
|[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[Wise ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |17
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Ross_McLarty.jpg|149x149px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" |Sir [[Ross McLarty]]<br /><small>(1891–1962)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Murray-Wellington|Murray-Wellington]]</small><br /><small>1930–1962</small>
| rowspan="4" |[[1947 Western Australian state election|1947]]<br />[[1950 Western Australian state election|1950]]
| rowspan="4" |1 April 1947
| rowspan="4" |23 February 1953
| rowspan="4" |5 years,{{br}}328 days
| rowspan="4" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| rowspan="4" |[[McLarty–Watts ministry]]
| rowspan="4" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first= Lenore | last= Layman| title = McLarty, Sir Duncan Ross (1891–1962)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mclarty-sir-duncan-ross-11004| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[James Mitchell (Australian politician)|James Mitchell]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Charles Gairdner]]
|-
| rowspan="31" |[[Elizabeth II]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |18
|[[File:Albert_Hawke_1965.jpg|136x136px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Bert Hawke]]<br /><small>(1900–1986)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Northam|Northam]]</small><br /><small>1933–1968</small>
|[[1953 Western Australian state election|1953]]<br />[[1956 Western Australian state election|1956]]
|23 February 1953
|2 April 1959
|6 years,{{br}}37 days
|[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[Hawke ministry (Western Australia)|Hawke ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first= Phillip| last= Pendal| title = Hawke, Albert Redvers George (Bert) (1900–1986)| chapter= Hawke, Albert Redvers (Bert) (1900–1986)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| chapter-url =http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hawke-albert-redvers-george-bert-12608| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |19
| rowspan="3" |[[File:DavidBrand1963.jpg|125x125px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" |Sir [[David Brand]]<br /><small>(1912–1979)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Greenough|Greenough]]</small><br /><small>1945–1975</small>
| rowspan="3" |[[1959 Western Australian state election|1959]]<br />[[1962 Western Australian state election|1962]]<br />[[1965 Western Australian state election|1965]]<br />[[1968 Western Australian state election|1968]]
| rowspan="3" |2 April 1959
| rowspan="3" |3 March 1971
| rowspan="3" |11 years,{{br}}335 days
| rowspan="3" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Brand–Watts ministry]]
| rowspan="3" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography| first= David | last= Black| title = Brand, Sir David (1912–1979)| publisher=[[Australian National University]]| url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brand-sir-david-9571| access-date =30 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Brand–Nalder ministry]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Douglas Kendrew]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |20
| rowspan="2" |[[File:JohnTonkin1964crop.jpg|141x141px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[John Tonkin]]<br /><small>(1902–1995)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of North-East Fremantle|North-East Fremantle]]</small><br /><small>1933–1950</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Melville|Melville]]</small><br /><small>1950–1977</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1971 Western Australian state election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |3 March 1971
| rowspan="2" |8 April 1974
| rowspan="2" |3 years,{{br}}66 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Tonkin ministry (Western Australia)|Tonkin ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Hughie Edwards]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |21
| rowspan="4" |[[File:Charles Court 1974 (1) (cropped).jpg|130x130px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" |Sir [[Charles Court]]<br /><small>(1911–2007)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Nedlands|Nedlands]]</small><br /><small>1953–1982</small>
| rowspan="4" |[[1974 Western Australian state election|1974]]<br />[[1977 Western Australian state election|1977]]<br />[[1980 Western Australian state election|1980]]
| rowspan="4" |8 April 1974
| rowspan="4" |25 January 1982
| rowspan="4" |7 years,{{br}}292 days
| rowspan="4" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Court–McPharlin ministry]]
| rowspan="4" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Court ministry]]
|-
|[[Wallace Kyle]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Richard Trowbridge]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |22
| [[File:Ray O'Connor 1965.jpg|130x130px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Ray O'Connor]]<br /><small>(1926–2013)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of North Perth|North Perth]]</small><br /><small>1959–1962</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Mount Lawley|Mount Lawley]]</small><br /><small>1962–1984</small>
|—
|25 January 1982
|25 February 1983
|1 year,{{br}}31 days
|[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[O'Connor ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |23
| rowspan="2" |
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]]<br /><small>(born 1947)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Balcatta|Balcatta]]</small><br /><small>1973–1974</small><br /><small>1977–1983</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Balga|Balga]]</small><br /><small>1974–1977</small><br /><small>1983–1988</small> 
| rowspan="2" |[[1983 Western Australian state election|1983]]<br />[[1986 Western Australian state election|1986]]
| rowspan="2" |25 February 1983
| rowspan="2" |25 February 1988
| rowspan="2" |5 years
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Burke ministry (Western Australia)|Burke ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Gordon Reid (governor)|Gordon Reid]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |24
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Peter_Dowding.jpg|131x131px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Peter Dowding]]<br /><small>(born 1943)</small><br /><small>MLC for [[North Province (Western Australia)|North Province]]</small><br /><small>1979–1986</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Maylands|Maylands]]</small><br /><small>1986–1990</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[1989 Western Australian state election|1989]]
| rowspan="2" |25 February 1988
| rowspan="2" |[[1990 Western Australian Labor Party leadership spill|12 February 1990]]
| rowspan="2" |1 year,{{br}}352 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Dowding ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |''None''
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |25
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Carmen_Lawrence_1990_(cropped).png|137x137px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Carmen Lawrence]]<br /><small>(born 1948)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Subiaco|Subiaco]]</small><br /><small>1986–1989</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Glendalough|Glendalough]]</small><br /><small>1989–1994</small>
| rowspan="2" |—
| rowspan="2" |12 February 1990
| rowspan="2" |16 February 1993
| rowspan="2" |3 years,{{br}}4 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Lawrence ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Francis Burt (judge)|Francis Burt]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |26
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Richard Court - Ambassador to Japan b.jpg|139x139px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" |[[Richard Court]]<small><br />(born 1947)<br />MLA for [[Electoral district of Nedlands|Nedlands]]<br />1982–2001</small>
| rowspan="3" |[[1993 Western Australian state election|1993]]<br />[[1996 Western Australian state election|1996]]
| rowspan="3" |16 February 1993
| rowspan="3" |16 February 2001
| rowspan="3" |7 years,{{br}}360 days
| rowspan="3" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Court–Cowan ministry]]
| rowspan="3" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
|[[Michael Jeffery]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[John Sanderson]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |27
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Geoffrey_Gallop_Midland_(cropped).jpg|132x132px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |[[Geoff Gallop]]<br /><small>(born 1951)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Victoria Park|Victoria Park]]</small><br /><small>1986–2006</small>
| rowspan="2" |[[2001 Western Australian state election|2001]]<br />[[2005 Western Australian state election|2005]]
| rowspan="2" |16 February 2001
| rowspan="2" |25 January 2006
| rowspan="2" |4 years,{{br}}343 days
| rowspan="2" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Gallop ministry]]
| rowspan="2" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Ken Michael]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |28
|[[File:Alan Carpenter (cropped) b.jpg|138x138px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Alan Carpenter]]<br /><small>(born 1951)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Willagee|Willagee]]</small><br /><small>1996–2009</small>
|—
|25 January 2006
|23 September 2008
|2 years,{{br}}242 days
|[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[Carpenter ministry]]
|{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |29
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Colin Barnett (formal) crop b.jpg|138x138px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="3" |[[Colin Barnett]]<br /><small>(born 1950)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Cottesloe|Cottesloe]]</small><br /><small>1990 – 2018</small>
| rowspan="3" |[[2008 Western Australian state election|2008]]<br />[[2013 Western Australian state election|2013]]
| rowspan="3" |23 September 2008
| rowspan="3" |17 March 2017
| rowspan="3" |8 years,{{br}}175 days
| rowspan="3" |[[Western Australian Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Barnett ministry]]
| rowspan="3" |{{sfn|Black|2021|p=260}}
|-
|[[Malcolm McCusker]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kerry Sanderson]]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |30
| rowspan="5" |[[File:Mark_McGowan_headshot.jpg|138x138px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" rowspan="5" |[[Mark McGowan]]<br /><small>(born 1967)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Rockingham|Rockingham]]</small><br /><small>1996–2023</small>
| rowspan="5" |[[2017 Western Australian state election|2017]]<br />[[2021 Western Australian state election|2021]]
| rowspan="5" |17 March 2017
| rowspan="5" |[[2023 Western Australian Labor Party leadership election|8 June 2023]]
| rowspan="5" |6 years,{{br}}83 days
| rowspan="5" |[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |[[First McGowan ministry]]
| rowspan="5" |<ref>{{cite news |title='Exhausted' WA Premier Mark McGowan resigns, citing relentless pressure of job |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-29/wa-premier-mark-mcgowan-resigns-from-politics/102406610 |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=ABC News |date=29 May 2023 |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529061536/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-29/wa-premier-mark-mcgowan-resigns-from-politics/102406610 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Kim Beazley]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Second McGowan ministry]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Chris Dawson (governor)|Chris Dawson]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Charles III]]
|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |31
|[[File:3 Feb 15 FREO FSH gnangarra-123.jpg|138x138px]]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |[[Roger Cook (politician)|Roger Cook]]<br /><small>(born 1965)</small><br /><small>MLA for [[Electoral district of Kwinana|Kwinana]]</small><br /><small>2008–present</small>
|[[2025 Western Australian state election|2025]]
|8 June 2023
|''incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2023|06|08}}
|[[Western Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[First Cook ministry|Cook ministry]]
|<ref>{{cite news |title=By-election called for Mark McGowan's old seat as new Premier forecasts 'remarkable things' for WA |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/wa-premier-roger-cook-and-new-cabinet-sworn-in-perth-ceremony/102454136 |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=ABC News |date=8 June 2023 |language=en-AU |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609110627/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/wa-premier-roger-cook-and-new-cabinet-sworn-in-perth-ceremony/102454136 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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