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Minister for Police 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 Paul Papalia of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1919, in the first ministry formed by James Mitchell, and has existed in almost every government since. The current minister is primarily responsible for the
Western Australia Police The Western Australia Police Force, colloquially WAPOL, provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia to a population of 2.66 million people, of which 2.11 million reside in the Perth Metropolitan Region. Western Australia h ...
, although past ministers held responsibilities now assigned to the Minister for Emergency Services and the Minister for Road Safety. Between 2003 and 2008 (in the Labor governments of
Geoff Gallop Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951) is an Australian academic and former politician who served as the 27th premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He is currently a professor and director of the Graduate School of Government at ...
and
Alan Carpenter Alan John Carpenter (born 4 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Western Australia, from 2006 to 2008. From Albany, Carpenter graduated from the University of Western Australia, and worked as a journ ...
) there was a separate minister titled Minister for Community Safety. Since 2008, the minister for police has also been the minister for road safety.


List of police ministers

;Titles * 25 June 1919 – 5 June 1975: Minister for Police * 5 June 1975 – 25 January 1982: Minister for Police and Traffic * 25 January 1982 – 25 February 1983: Minister for Police * 25 February 1983 – 19 February 1990: Minister for Police and Emergency Services * 19 February 1990 – 1 July 2001: Minister for Police * 1 July 2001 – 23 September 2008: Minister for Police and Emergency Services * 23 September 2008 – present: Minister for Police ----


List of community safety ministers


See also

* Minister for Emergency Services (Western Australia) * Minister for Road Safety (Western Australia)


References

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