Deputy Premier of Western Australia

Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Coat of arms of Western Australia
Incumbent Kim Hames
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor of Western Australia
Term length	At the Governor's pleasure
Formation	7 December 1955
First holder	John Tonkin

The Deputy Premier of Western Australia is a role in the Government of Western Australia assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Western Australia. It has second ranking behind the Premier of Western Australia in Cabinet, and its holder serves as Acting Premier during absence or incapacity of the Premier. The role was only formally established on 7 December 1955, but had existed in practice since the earliest days of responsible government.

List of Deputy Premiers of Western Australia

Name	Party	Term Start	Term End
William Angwin	Labor	16 April 1924	30 April 1927
John Willcock	Labor	30 April 1927	23 April 1930
Charles Latham	Country	23 April 1930	24 April 1933
Alick McCallum	Labor	24 April 1933	16 March 1935
John Willcock	Labor	16 March 1935	20 August 1936
Frank Troy	Labor	27 August 1936	21 April 1939
Harry Millington	Labor	21 April 1939	9 December 1943
Frank Wise	Labor	9 December 1943	31 July 1945
Albert Hawke	Labor	31 July 1945	1 April 1947
Arthur Watts	Country	1 April 1947	23 February 1953
John Tonkin	Labor	23 February 1953	2 April 1959
Arthur Watts	Country	2 April 1959	31 January 1962
Crawford Nalder	Country	1 February 1962	3 March 1971
Herb Graham	Labor	3 March 1971	30 May 1973
Alexander Taylor	Labor	30 May 1973	8 April 1974
Ray McPharlin	National Country	8 April 1974	20 May 1975
Des O'Neil	Liberal	5 June 1975	5 March 1980
Ray O'Connor	Liberal	5 March 1980	25 January 1982
Cyril Rushton	Liberal	25 January 1982	25 February 1983
Mal Bryce	Labor	25 February 1983	25 February 1988
David Parker	Labor	25 February 1988	13 February 1990
Ian Taylor	Labor	13 February 1990	16 February 1993
Hendy Cowan	National	16 February 1993	16 February 2001
Eric Ripper	Labor	16 February 2001	23 September 2008
Kim Hames	Liberal	23 September 2008	Present

References

Deputy Premiers of Western Australia Parliament of Western Australia

Government of Western Australia

Executive	Monarchy Governor Premier Deputy Premier Cabinet Entities Police

Legislative	Parliament Legislative Assembly MLAs Electoral districts Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Legislative Council MLCs Opposition Leader President of the Legislative Council

Judicial	Supreme Court District Court Children's Court Family Court Magistrates Court Other courts and tribunals

Ministerial portfolios (45) of the government of Western Australia

Premier Deputy Premier Aboriginal Affairs Agriculture and Food Attorney-General Child Protection Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Commerce Corrective Services Culture and the Arts Community Services Disability Services Education Electoral Affairs Emergency Services Energy Environment Finance Fisheries Forestry Health Heritage Housing Lands Local Government Mental Health Mines and Petroleum Planning Police Racing and Gaming Regional Development Road Safety Science Seniors and Volunteering Small Business Sport and Recreation State Development Tourism Training and Workforce Development Transport Treasurer Veterans Water Women's Interests Youth

Current Ministry

Current Deputy Premiers and Deputy Chief Ministers of the States and internal territories of Australia

NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT

Troy Grant (Nat)	James Merlino (ALP)	Jackie Trad (ALP)	Kim Hames (Lib)	John Rau (ALP)	Jeremy Rockliff (Lib)	Simon Corbell (ALP)	Willem Westra van Holthe (CLP)

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