Minister for Regional Development is a position in the

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, currently held by Alannah MacTiernan of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1977, for the government of Charles Court, and has existed in most governments since then. The minister is responsible for the state government's Department of Regional Development. Prior to the creation of a regional development portfolio, there was a separate minister with responsibility for North-West Australia, called the Minister for North-West. That position has not existed since 1993. Additionally, in the Labor governments of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, either some or all of the regions of Western Australia had specific ministers.

List of regional development ministers

List of ministers for specific regions

Gascoyne

Goldfields-Esperance

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid-West

North-West

Peel

Pilbara

South-West

Wheatbelt

References

* David Black (2014)
''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)''
Perth .A. Parliament of Western Australia. {{Western Australian ministerial portfolios Regional Development Minister for Regional Development 1977 establishments in Australia