Brand–Watts Ministry


The Brand–Watts Ministry was the 23rd Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, led by Liberal Premier David Brand and his deputy, Country Party leader Arthur Watts. It succeeded the Hawke ministry on 2 April 1959, following the defeat of the Labor government at the 1959 election twelve days earlier. It was succeeded by the Brand–Nalder Ministry on 1 February 1962 following the Deputy Premier's retirement from politics.

The Ministry

On 2 April 1959, the Governor, Sir Charles Gairdner, constituted the Ministry. He designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government and appointed the following ministers to their positions, who served until the end of the Ministry.
The list below is ordered by decreasing seniority within the Cabinet, as indicated by the Government Gazette and the Hansard index. Blue entries indicate members of the Liberal Party, whilst green entries indicate members of the National Country Party. The members of the Ministry were:
OfficeMinister

Premier

Treasurer

Minister for Tourism
David Brand, MLA

Deputy Premier

Minister for Education

Minister for Electricity

Attorney-General
Arthur Watts, MLA

Minister for Industrial Development

Minister for the North-West

Minister for Railways
Charles Court, OBE, MLA

Minister for Agriculture
Crawford Nalder, MLA

Minister for Works

Minister for Water Supplies
Gerald Wild, MLA

Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council

Minister for Mines

Minister for Housing
Arthur Griffith, MLC

Minister for Lands

Minister for Forests

Minister for Immigration

Minister for Labour
Stewart Bovell, MLA

Minister for Transport

Minister for Police

Minister for Labour

Minister for Native Welfare
Charles Perkins, MLA

Chief Secretary

Minister for Health

Minister for Fisheries
Ross Hutchinson, DPC, MLA

Minister for Local Government

Minister for Town Planning

Minister for Child Welfare
Leslie Logan, MLC

Minister for Transport

Minister for Police

Minister for Native Welfare		George Cornell, MLA