Deputy Premier of Western Australia

Deputy Premier of Western Australia
Coat of arms of Western Australia
Incumbent
Roger Cook
since 17 March 2017
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
John TonkinLabor7 December 19552 April 1959
Arthur WattsCountry2 April 195931 January 1962
Crawford NalderCountry1 February 19623 March 1971
Herb GrahamLabor3 March 197130 May 1973
Don TaylorLabor30 May 19738 April 1974
Ray McPharlinNational Country8 April 197420 May 1975
Des O'NeilLiberal5 June 19755 March 1980
Ray O'ConnorLiberal5 March 198025 January 1982
Cyril RushtonLiberal25 January 198225 February 1983
Mal BryceLabor25 February 198325 February 1988
David ParkerLabor25 February 198813 February 1990
Ian TaylorLabor13 February 199016 February 1993
Hendy CowanNational16 February 199316 February 2001
Eric RipperLabor16 February 200123 September 2008
Kim HamesLiberal23 September 200816 February 2016
Liza HarveyLiberal16 February 201617 March 2017
Roger CookLabor17 March 2017

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