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Colin Tincknell
Colin Richard Tincknell (born 8 August 1953) is a former Australian politician and the former Western Australian state leader of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a One Nation member in South West Region. His term ran from 2017 to 2021. Tincknell was a corporate social responsibility manager for a number of mining companies before his appointment as the leader of One Nation in Western Australia. He was the first CEO of AFL New Zealand, from 2002 to 2004. He played for the Claremont Football Club The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Claremont, Western Australia, that currently plays in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and WAFL Women's (WAFLW). Its official colours are na ... in the 1970s and 1980s. References 1953 births Living people One Nation members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Western Australian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, a state of Australia. It is regarded as a house of review for legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly, the lower house. The two Houses of Parliament sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth. Effective on 20 May 2005, for the election of members of the Legislative Council, the State was divided into 6 electoral regions by community of interest —3 metropolitan and 3 rural—each electing 6 members to the Legislative Council.. The 2005 changes continued to maintain the previous malapportionment in favour of rural regions. Legislation was passed in 2021 to abolish these regions and increase the size of the council to 37 seats, all of which will be elected by the state-at-large. The changes will take effect in the 2025 state election. Since 2008, the Legislative Council has had 36 members. Since the 2013 state election, both houses of Parliament have had fix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
