Hon. Roger Cook MLA

Premier; Minister for State Development; Trade and Investment; Economic Diversification

BA; GradDipBus (PR); MBA

House:

Legislative Assembly

Party:

Australian Labor Party

Electorate:

Kwinana

Electorate Office:

3 Chisham Avenue
Kwinana WA 6167
Ph: 9439 6444
Email: kwinana@mp.wa.gov.au

Postal Address:
PO Box 428
Kwinana WA 6966

Ministerial Office:

13th Floor Dumas House 2 Havelock Street
WEST PERTH WA 6005
Ph: (08) 6552 5000
wa-government@dpc.wa.gov.au

Inaugural Speech:

Inaugural Video:

Speeches by Hon. Roger Cook

Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

COOK, Hon. Roger Hugh, MLA
Member for Kwinana
Australian Labor Party

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Kwinana (new seat), at the general election of 6 September 2008.
Re-elected 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025.

Ministerial Appointments

Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health from 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021.
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Medical Research; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Science from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021.
Deputy Premier; Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Tourism; Commerce; Science from 21 December 2021 to 14 December 2022.
Deputy Premier; Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Hydrogen Industry; Tourism; Science from 14 December 2022 to 8 June 2023.
Premier; Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade; Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations from 8 June 2023 to 19 March 2025.
Premier; Minister for State Development; Trade and Investment; Economic Diversification from 19 March 2025.

Shadow Ministerial Appointments

Shadow Minister for Health; Mental Health; Indigenous Affairs from 26 September 2008 to 27 January 2012.
Shadow Minister for Health from 27 January 2012 to 9 April 2013.
Shadow Minister for Health; Science from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015.
Shadow Minister for Health from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017.

Parliamentary Party Appointments

Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 26 September 2008 to 17 March 2017.

PERSONAL

Birth

Born 20 August 1965, Cottesloe, Western Australia.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Parliament

BA; GradDipBus (PR); MBA.
Public Relations Consultant.

KWINANA - ELECTORATE PROFILE

The electorate of Kwinana includes all or parts of the City of Kwinana and the City of Rockingham.

Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Baldivis, Bertram, Calista, Hope Valley, Kwinana Beach, Kwinana Town Centre, Leda, Mandogalup, Medina, Naval Base, Orelia, Parmelia, Postans, The Spectacles and Wellard.

Enrolment - 33,651 (2025)

Area - 104 km²

Further Biographical Details for Hon. Roger Hugh Cook