Minister for Electoral Affairs (Western Australia)

The Minister for Electoral Affairs is a position in the Cabinet of Western Australia, first created in 1990 during the Lawrence Ministry under the title Minister for Parliamentary and Electoral Reform. That title was retained until 1993, when the name Minister for Parliamentary and Electoral Affairs was adopted. The current title was adopted in 2001.

The current Minister for Electoral Affairs is Peter Collier of the Liberal Party, who holds the position as a member of the Barnett Ministry. The minister, who generally holds other portfolios in addition to electoral affairs, is responsible for the Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC), the state government agency that conducts elections and referendums in Western Australia. Western Australia is the only Australian jurisdiction to have a separate electoral affairs minister.

List of Ministers for Electoral Affairs

Six people have been appointed as Minister for Electoral Affairs or equivalent. Jim McGinty, who served in both the Gallop and Carpenter governments, held the position for the longest period, 7 years and 220 days. Norman Moore was minister in two non-consecutive governments (the Court–Cowan and Barnett governments), with a gap of more than eleven years between terms.^[1]

In the table below, members of the Legislative Council are designated "MLC". All others were members of the Legislative Assembly at the time of their service. In Western Australia, serving ministers are entitled to be styled "The Honourable", and may retain the style after three years' service in the ministry.^[2]

Order	Minister	Party		Premier	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Geoff Gallop		Labor	Lawrence	Minister for Parliamentary and Electoral Reform	19 February 1990	16 February 1993	2 years, 363 days
2	Cheryl Edwardes		Liberal	R. Court	Minister for Parliamentary and Electoral Affairs	16 February 1993	10 February 1995	1 year, 359 days
3	Norman Moore MLC					10 February 1995	9 January 1997	see below
4	Doug Shave					9 January 1997	16 February 2001	4 years, 38 days
5	Jim McGinty		Labor	Gallop	Minister for Electoral Affairs	16 February 2001	25 January 2006	7 years, 220 days
				Carpenter		25 January 2006	23 September 2008
(3)	Norman Moore MLC		Liberal	Barnett		23 September 2008	21 March 2013	6 years, 148 days
6	Peter Collier MLC					21 March 2013	7 December 2016	3 years, 261 days

References

1. Electoral Affairs Ministry of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Last updated 29 June 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
2. Addressing a Member of Parliament – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 March 2015.