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The Forrest Ministry was the first government
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The Forrest Ministry was the first government
Government of Western Australia

The formation of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then....
 ministry in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
, after the inauguration of responsible government
Responsible government

Responsible government is a conception of a system of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy....
. It was in government from 29 December 1890 to 14 February 1901, when it was succeeded by the Throssell Ministry
Throssell ministry

The Throssell Ministry was the second The Ministry of the Government of Western Australia. It succeeded the Forrest Ministry on 15 February 1901 after Sir John Forrest's move from state to federal politics, and was led by Forrest's choice of successor, George Throssell....
 following the 1901 elections
Western Australian state election, 1901

Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia of Western Australia on 24 April 1901 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly....
.

The members of the Forrest Ministry were:

Office Minister Start of term End of term
Premier
Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level....
 
Sir John Forrest
John Forrest

Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
 
29 December 1890 14 February 1901
Colonial Treasurer John Forrest
John Forrest

Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
 
29 December 1890 14 February 1901
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary of Western Australia

The Colonial Secretary of Western Australia was one of the most important and powerful public offices in Western Australia, in the time when Western Australia was a United Kingdom colony....
 
Minister for Education
George Shenton
George Shenton

Sir George Shenton was a prominent businessman in colony Western Australia, the first List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Perth, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for over thirty years....
 
29 December 1890 11 October 1892
Stephen Henry Parker
Stephen Henry Parker

Sir Stephen Henry Parker Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George was a lawyer and Chief Justice of Western Australia of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 1906 to 1914....
 
11 October 1892 4 December 1894
Sir John Forrest
John Forrest

Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
 
4 December 1894 28 April 1898
George Randell
George Randell

George Randell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1873?1875 and 1880?1890, then when representative self-government was achieved in 1890, won the seat of Electoral district of Moore in the new Western Australian Legislative Assembly....
 
28 April 1898
Attorney-General
Attorney-General of Western Australia

The Attorney-General of Western Australia is the member of the Government of Western Australia responsible for maintenance and improvement of Western Australia's system of law and justice....
Septimus Burt 29 December 1890 27 October 1897
Richard Pennefather 27 October 1897 15 February 1901
Commissioner of Crown Lands William Marmion 29 December 1890 4 December 1894
Alexander Richardson
Alexander Richardson

Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun Richardson was a British bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix....
 
4 December 1894 13 March 1897
George Throssell
George Throssell

George Lionel Throssell, Order of St Michael and St George was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February 1901 until 27 May 1901 during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics....
 
13 March 1897 15 February 1901
Commissioner of Railways
Minister for Works
Harry Venn 29 December 1890 10 March 1896
Frederick Henry Piesse
Frederick Henry Piesse

Frederick Henry Piesse, Order of St Michael and St George was a farmer, businessman and politician who is credited with much of the early development of the region around Katanning, Western Australia, Western Australia....
 
1 April 1896 23 August 1900
Barrington Wood 10 September 1900
Minister for Education Edward Wittenoom
Edward Wittenoom

Sir Edward Charles Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for thirty four years....
 
19 December 1894 12 May 1897
Henry Lefroy
Henry Lefroy

Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy Order of St Michael and St George was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854....
 
12 May 1897 28 April 1898
Minister for Mines Edward Wittenoom
Edward Wittenoom

Sir Edward Charles Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for thirty four years....
 
19 December 1894 28 April 1898
Henry Lefroy
Henry Lefroy

Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy Order of St Michael and St George was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854....
 
28 April 1898
Minister without portfolio Septimus Burt 29 December 1898 15 February 1901