Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers: Western Australia

Year	Political Party	Premier	Minister for Education
Mar 1971 - Apr 1974	ALP	Tonkin	Minister for Education John TONKIN – Mar 1971 to Oct 1971 Thomas EVANS – Oct 1971 to May 1973 John DOLAN – May 1973 to Apr 1974
Apr 1974 - Feb 1983	LIB	Court \| O'Connor	Minister for Education Graham MACKINNON – Apr 1974 to Mar 1977 Peter JONES – Mar 1977 to Mar 1980 William GRAYDEN – Mar 1980 to Jan 1982 James CLARKO – May 1982 to Feb 1983
Feb 1983 - Feb 1993	ALP	Burke \| Dowding \| Lawrence	Minister for Education Robert PEARCE – Feb 1983 to Feb 1988 (Burke) Carmen LAWRENCE – Feb 1988 to Feb 1990 (Dowding) Geoffrey GALLOP – Feb 1990 to Feb 1991 (Lawrence) Elise HALLAHAN – Feb 1991 to Feb 1993
Feb 1993 - Feb 2001	LIB	Court	Minister for Education Norman MOORE – Feb 1993 to Dec 1995 Colin BARNETT – Dec 1995 to Feb 2001
Feb 2001 - 2005*	ALP	Gallop \| Caprenter	Minister for Education Alan CARPENTER – Feb 2001 to Mar 2005 Ljiljanna RAVLICH – Mar 2005 to Dec 2006 (Gallop/Carpenter) Mark MCGOWEN – Dec 2006 to current

*Still in government at project end date of 2005.

Sources:
Colin A. Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1965-1974 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1977) 1975-1984 Edition (Canberra: ANU Press, 1986); and 1975-1999 Edition (Canberra: Federation Press, 2002); Department of the Premier and Cabinet: The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, Premiers, accessed online 24 January 2008.