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2022 North West Central State By-election
A by-election for the electoral district of North West Central in Western Australia took place on 17 September 2022 following the resignation of the sitting member, Nationals MP Vince Catania, on 8 August 2022. The election was won by National Party candidate Merome Beard. Background Vince Catania was initially elected to the electoral district of North West Central in 2008 as a Labor Party candidate, but he defected to the National Party in 2009. He had since won the 2013, 2017 and 2021 state elections as a National Party candidate. His margin at the 2021 election was only 259 votes, making it one of the closest seats in the state. In June 2022, Catania announced his intention to resign from Parliament in August 2022. At the time, he was one of four National Party members in the Legislative Assembly. As the Liberal Party only had two members in the Legislative Assembly, the National Party was the senior party in the opposition alliance. Catania tendered his resignatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merome Beard
Merome Beard is an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of North West Central in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the National Party since 17 September 2022. Early life and career Beard is a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, the first president of the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1890. She competed as a rower at the Australian Institute of Sport and went to the 1994 World Championships. Beard and her husband have owned and ran the Port Hotel in Carnarvon for over twenty years. Political career In late June 2022, Beard was selected by the National Party to contest the 2022 North West Central state by-election for them, after incumbent member Vince Catania announced his plans to retire. Her main competitor was Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preselection
Preselection is the process by which a candidate is selected, usually by a political party, to contest an election for political office. It is also referred to as candidate selection. It is a fundamental function of political parties. The preselection process may involve the party's executive or leader selecting a candidate or by some contested process. In countries that adopt Westminster-style responsible government, preselection is also the first step on the path to a position in the executive. The selected candidate is commonly referred to as the party's endorsed candidate. Deselection or disendorsement is the opposite procedure, when the political party withdraws its support from one of its elected office-holders. The party may then select a replacement candidate at the subsequent election, or it may decide (or be compelled by the electoral timetable) to forgo contesting that seat (for example, the Liberal Party of Australia after Pauline Hanson was disendorsed just before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party
The Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party (LCWA party) is a political party registered in Western Australia. The party advocates for law reform in relation to cannabis. History The LCWA party is the sister party of the LCQ party and affiliate of the HEMP Party and Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA). Following in the success of its sister party LCQ in the 2020 Queensland state election the Party was registered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission on 29 January 2021 to contest the 2021 Western Australian state election, at which two of its candidates – Brian Walker in East Metropolitan Region and Sophia Moermond in South-West Region – were elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council. Legalise Cannabis Western Australia MPs vote against vaccine mandates In February 2022, MPs from Legalise Cannabis Western Australia were the only elected representatives in the Western Australian Legislative Council to vote against imposing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP), also known as One Nation or One Nation Party, is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist List of political parties in Australia, political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson. One Nation had electoral success in the late 1990s, before suffering an extended decline after 2001. Its leaders have been accused, charged, and later acquitted, of fraud, and the party has suffered from numerous defections, resignations and other internal scandals which culminated in Hanson's resignation from the party. One Nation's policies and platform have been much criticized as being Racism, racist and Xenophobia, xenophobic. Nevertheless, One Nation has had a profound impact on debates on multiculturalism and Immigration to Australia, immigration in Australia. Following Hanson's return as leader and the 2016 Australian federal election, 2016 federal election, the party gained 4 seats in the Senate, including one for Hanson herself, in Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAxit Party
The Small Business Party (formerly Micro Business Party and WAxit Party) is a political party registered in the Australian state of Western Australia. The party's primary platform is secessionism of Western Australia from the Federation. History An earlier Small Business Party of Western Australia merged into the Micro Business Party (established in 2016) before the 2017 state election. In the 2017 Western Australian election, the Micro Business Party fielded 46 candidates in the Legislative Assembly (out of 59 electorates) and 14 candidates across the six regions for the Legislative Council. The party received 13,211 first preference votes for Legislative Assembly seats (representing 1% of votes cast), and 7,484 votes for the Legislative Council. The party changed its name to Small Business Party at its May 2018 annual general meeting and the new name was officially recognised by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in October 2018. In 2021, the Small Business Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia Party
The Western Australia Party is a regional political party active in Western Australia. The party was founded in 2016 by Julie Matheson, a councillor with the City of Subiaco as Julie Matheson for Western Australia to contest the 2017 state election. In July 2017, the party's name was changed to the Western Australia Party. The party's ideological focus is a combination of centrism, populism and regionalism, drawing from the position of Matheson and John Forrest. Its core policies include reform to Local Government, WA's Family Court, and tax reform. History Matheson unsuccessfully ran for the Australian Senate at the 2016 federal election as an independent candidate. Following her defeat, Matheson registered the Julie Matheson for Western Australia party in order to contest the 2017 Western Australian state election. The party received just 0.5% of first-preference votes in the Legislative Assembly, and 0.4% in the Legislative Council. In 2017, the party rebranded as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greens Western Australia
Greens Western Australia, commonly known as the Greens WA, is a List of member parties of the Australian Greens, member party of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens (WA) was formed following the merger of the Western Australian Green Party with the Green Earth Alliance composed of the Vallentine Peace Group and Alternative Coalition in 1990. The Party became officially affiliated with the Australian Greens in 2003. There is currently only one representative in the Legislative Council: Brad Pettitt. The party also has two representatives in the Australian Senate: Jordon Steele-John, who replaced Scott Ludlam in 2017 following the latter's resignation, and Dorinda Cox, who replaced Rachel Siewert following her resignation in 2021. History Origins and history of formation The Greens (WA) grew out of the growing counterculture, counter-cultural, environmental, anti-nuclear and peace, social and political concerns after the fall of the Gough Whitlam, Whitlam go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greens WA
Greens Western Australia, commonly known as the Greens WA, is a List of member parties of the Australian Greens, member party of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens (WA) was formed following the merger of the Western Australian Green Party with the Green Earth Alliance composed of the Vallentine Peace Group and Alternative Coalition in 1990. The Party became officially affiliated with the Australian Greens in 2003. There is currently only one representative in the Legislative Council: Brad Pettitt. The party also has two representatives in the Australian Senate: Jordon Steele-John, who replaced Scott Ludlam in 2017 following the latter's resignation, and Dorinda Cox, who replaced Rachel Siewert following her resignation in 2021. History Origins and history of formation The Greens (WA) grew out of the growing counterculture, counter-cultural, environmental, anti-nuclear and peace, social and political concerns after the fall of the Gough Whitlam, Whitlam go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alannah MacTiernan
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 10 January 1953) is an Australian politician. Since 1988, she has served in politics at a federal, state, and local level, including as a minister in the Western Australian state governments of Geoff Gallop, Alan Carpenter, and Mark McGowan. She is best known for her role as the minister for planning and infrastructure during the construction of the Mandurah line. Born in Melbourne, she moved to Perth to study at the University of Western Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and later with a law degree. She worked for the Department of Employment before practising as a lawyer between 1986 and 1992. During this time, she served on the Perth City Council as well. In 1976, MacTiernan joined the Australian Labor Party, and at the 1993 Western Australian state election, she was elected to the Legislative Council's East Metropolitan Region. She became a shadow minister in October 1994, and she was transferred to the Legisla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McGowan
Mark McGowan (born 13 July 1967) is an Australian politician, the 30th premier of Western Australia, and the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Labor Party. McGowan was born and raised in Newcastle, New South Wales. He attended the University of Queensland and worked as a legal officer for the Royal Australian Navy, serving at naval base , south of Perth. Settling in Western Australia, he was elected as a councillor for the City of Rockingham from 1994, and was later elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 1996 Western Australian state election, 1996 election, representing the district of Electoral district of Rockingham, Rockingham. In 2001, he was made Parliamentary Secretary to Premier Geoff Gallop, and was later a Government of Western Australia, Cabinet Minister in both the Gallop and Alan Carpenter, Carpenter Governments from 2005 to 2008. McGowan was elected as Leader of the Labor Party in Western Australia following the resignation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leader Of The Opposition (Western Australia)
In the Australian state of Western Australia, the Leader of the Opposition is the leader of the largest minority political party or coalition of parties in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Western Australia. By convention, the leader is generally a member of the Legislative Assembly. Prior to 1911, the Western Australian political system had neither organised political parties (apart from the Labor Party) nor an organised opposition. The notion of leader of the opposition was well understood, however, and on occasions was applied to members. Maitland Brown, for example, was often referred to as "Leader of the Opposition" during his period as an outspoken critic of Governor Robinson's Government. At the March 2021 election, the National Party, previously in the crossbench, won more seats than the previous opposition Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly. It was likely that the National Party would become the official opposition, with advice from the solicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattle Station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle station in the world is Anna Creek Station in South Australia, which covers an area of . Improvements Each station has a homestead where the property owner or the manager lives. Nearby cottages or staff quarters provide housing for the employees. Storage sheds and cattle yards are also sited near the homestead. Other structures depend on the size and location of the station. Isolated stations will have a mechanic's workshop, schoolroom, a small general store to supply essentials, and possibly an entertainment or bar area for the owners and staff. Water may be supplied from a river, bores or dams, in conjunction with rainwater tanks. Nowadays, if rural mains power is not connected, electricity is typically provided by a generator, although sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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