Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers : Curriculum Policies Project : Melbourne Graduate School of Education : The University of Melbourne

Commonwealth, State and Territory Education Ministers

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.