Premiers of Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) was officially granted responsible government by Britain in 1889 and it became a self-governing colony. John Forrest was the only Premier of WA as a self-governing colony. Following Federation in 1901, WA became an Australian State. The Premiers were not officially associated with organised parties until 1904.

See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier.

Premier	Party	Took office
Sir John Forrest	-	29 December 1890
George Throssell	-	15 February 1901
George Leake	-	27 May 1901
Alfred Morgans	-	21 November 1901
George Leake	-	23 December 1901
Sir Walter James	-	1 July 1902
Henry Daglish	Labor	10 August 1904
Cornthwaite Rason	Liberal	25 August 1905
Newton Moore	Liberal	7 May 1906
Frank Wilson	Liberal	16 September 1910
John Scaddan	Labor	7 October 1911
Frank Wilson	Liberal	27 July 1916
Henry Lefroy	Nationalist	28 June 1917
Hal Colebatch	Nationalist	17 April 1919
James Mitchell	Nationalist	17 May 1919
Philip Collier	Labor	16 April 1924
Sir James Mitchell	Nationalist	24 April 1930
Philip Collier	Labor	24 April 1933
John Willcock	Labor	20 August 1936
Frank Wise	Labor	31 July 1945
Ross McLarty	Liberal	1 April 1947
Albert Hawke	Labor	23 February 1953
Sir David Brand	Liberal	2 April 1959
John Tonkin	Labor	3 April 1971
Sir Charles Court	Liberal	8 April 1974
Raymond O'Connor	Liberal	25 January 1982
Brian Burke	Labor	19 February 1983
Peter Dowding	Labor	25 February 1988
Dr Carmen Lawrence	Labor	12 February 1990
Richard Court	Liberal	16 February 1993
Dr Geoffrey Gallop	Labor	16 February 2001