Minister for Regional Development is a position in the

government of Western Australia The Government of Western Australia is the States and territories of Australia, Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia. It is also commonly referred to as the WA Government or the Western Australian Governmen ...

, currently held by

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of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1977, for the government of

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, 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 Western Australia (WA) is divided into regions according to a number of systems. The most common system is the division of the state by the Government of Western Australia in 1993 into regions for economic development purposes, which comprises ...

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 Regional development refers to a broad category of policies aimed at reducing regional disparities within an economy or across economies by devoting resources to underdeveloped areas. Regional development can be national or international in natur ...

Minister for Regional Development 1977 establishments in Australia