Lawrence Ministry - Second Ministry

Second Ministry

On 5 February 1991, the Governor, Sir Francis Burt, reconstituted the Ministry. He designated 16 principal executive offices of the Government and appointed the ministers to their positions. The appointed members remained Ministers until the end of the Lawrence Ministry on 16 February 1993.

Office	Minister
Premier and Treasurer (until 7 September 1992:) Minister for the Family Minister for Women's Interests (from 7 September 1992:) Minister for Employment Minister for Trade and Investment	Dr Carmen Lawrence, BPsych, PhD, MLA
Deputy Premier Minister for Health (from 26 November 1992) Minister for State Development Minister for the Goldfields (until 26 November 1992) Minister for the Mid-West (7 September-26 November 1992)	Ian Taylor, B.Econ (Hons), JP, MLA
Attorney-General Minister for Corrective Services Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council	Joe Berinson, LL.B., QC, MLC
Minister for Education Minister for Employment and Training (until 7 September 1992) Minister for Training (from 7 September 1992) Minister for the Arts Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council	Kay Hallahan, BSW, JP, MLC
Minister for the Environment Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly	Bob Pearce, BA, DipEd, JP, MLA (until 21 October 1992)
Minister for Health	Rev Keith Wilson, MLA (until 13 November 1992)
Minister for Transport Minister for Racing and Gaming Minister for Tourism	Pam Beggs, JP, MLA
Minister for Agriculture Minister for Water Resources Minister for the North-West	Ernie Bridge, JP, MLA
Minister for Mines Minister for Small Business (from 7 September 1992) Minister for Fisheries Minister for Sport and Recreation (until 27 February 1991) Minister for the Mid-West (until 7 September 1992) Minister assisting the Minister for State Development (until 7 September 1992) Minister assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment (from 7 September 1992)	Gordon Hill, JP, MLA
Minister for Police Minister for Emergency Services Minister for the Aged (until 27 February 1991) Minister for Sport and Recreation (from 27 February 1991)	Graham Edwards, MLC
Minister for Productivity and Labour Relations Minister for Consumer Affairs	Yvonne Henderson, BA, DipEd, JP, MLA
Minister for Lands Minister for Planning Minister for Justice Minister for Local Government Minister for the South-West	David Smith, LL.B., JP, MLA
Minister for Fuel and Energy Minister for Microeconomic Reform Minister for Parliamentary and Electoral Reform Minister assisting the Treasurer	Dr Geoff Gallop, BEc, MA, MPhil, D.Phil. (Oxon), MLA
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Minister for Seniors (from 27 February 1991) Minister assisting the Minister for Women's Interests (until 7 September 1992) Minister for Women's Interests (from 7 September 1992)	Dr Judyth Watson, Cert.Nurs.Ed., BSc (Hons), PhD, JP, MLA
Minister for Community Services (until 7 September 1992) Minister for Disability Services (from 20 August 1991) (from 7 September 1992:) Minister for the Family Minister for Community Development Minister for Youth Justice Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly (from 26 October 1992)	Eric Ripper, BA, DipEd, MLA
Minister for the Environment (from 26 October 1992) Minister for Housing Minister for Construction Minister for Services (until 26 November 1992) Minister for Heritage	Jim McGinty, BA, BJuris, JP, MLA
Minister for Services Minister for the Goldfields Minister for the Mid-West	Tom Stephens, BA, MLC (from 26 November 1992)
Parliamentary Secretaries	(from 19 March 1991:) John Halden, MLC Mark Nevill, BSc (Hons), MLC Tom Stephens, BA, MLC

2 On 20 October 1992, the six-volume Part One of the WA Inc Royal Commission was tabled in Parliament. A confidential appendix to the Director of Public Prosecutions concerned matters which may lead to prosecution. The following day, the Premier announced that Environment Minister Bob Pearce would stand down from the Ministry and vacate his seat at the next election. The ministry reduced to 15 members, with Jim McGinty assuming the Environment portfolio.

3 On 13 November 1992, Keith Wilson, the Minister for Health, resigned from the Ministry over a range of objections to the Government. Factional disputes over who should replace him resulted in a non-factional MLC, Tom Stephens, being selected ahead of the factions' preferred candidates, Nick Catania and Judy Edwards.

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