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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 2021–2025
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council elected to serve a term between 22 May 2021 and 21 May 2025. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2021-2025 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council ... [...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] |
Colin De Grussa
Colin Stephen de Grussa (born 17 April 1973) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a National Party member in Agricultural Region. His term began on 22 May 2017. Prior to this election, de Grussa worked in sales and support for a large computer wholesaler, before undertaking an Associate Degree in Agriculture at Muresk Institute and returning to the family farm. De Grussa was the state president of the National Party from 2013 to 2015. In 2014, de Grussa was awarded a Nuffield Scholarship for research into how farmers interact with government for the benefit of their industry. Early life and education de Grussa was born in Esperance, Western Australia in 1973. His parents farmed in Neridup, approximately 40 kilometres from Esperance. He attended Castletown Primary School and Esperance Senior High School before moving to Perth to study an Advanced Certificate in Microcomputer Technology at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle McGinn
Kyle Owen McGinn (born 23 May 1988) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ... member in Mining and Pastoral Region. His term began on 22 May 2017. McGinn worked as a union representative before entering state politics. References 1988 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-WesternAustralia-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Martin (Western Australian Politician)
Steven John Martin (born 26 February 1963) is an Australian politician. Prior to entering politics he was a third generation farmer. In 2020, Martin was preselected for the top spot on the Liberal Party ticket in the Agricultural region over the incumbent, Jim Chown. At the 2021 Western Australian state election, Martin was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council. He had previously run in that region in 2013 and 2017 but was not elected on either occasion. He also served as a Wickepin town councilor. On 28 February 2024, Martin was elected unopposed as deputy leader of the Liberal Party under Libby Mettam Elizabeth Mettam (born 3 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the Liberal member for Vasse in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since a by-election held on 18 October 2014. She is the leader of the Western Australian L ..., following the resignation of Steve Thomas. References Living people Members of the Western Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayor Makur Chuot
Ayor Makur Chuot (born 4 August 1989) was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for North Metropolitan region at the 2021 state election, and as the first WA state MP of African and South Sudanese ancestry. Prior to being elected Chuot was an accountant and international model. Chuot and her family emigrated to Australia refugees in 2005, after her father was killed in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Prior to migrating, the family had spent ten years in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Her sister is Akec Makur Chuot, an AFLW player for Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, .... References Living people Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of ... [...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] |
Louise Kingston
Louise Kingston (born 8 June 1965) is an Australian politician serving as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council to represent the South West Region. Early life and career Kingston was born in Albany. She previously worked as the state secretary of Timber Communities Australia, and as an executive officer for the Small Business Centre and the Warren Blackwood Alliance of Councils. Before being elected, Kingston worked as the manager of the Manjimup Community Resource Centre. She also ran an engineering business and farm with her husband. Previous elections Kingston joined the Nationals in 2015, and first stood for election at the 2017 state election in second place on the Nationals ticket for the South West region of the Legislative Council. At the 2019 federal election, Kingston ran for the Senate in third place on the Nationals ticket. She ran in the second place on the Nationals ticket for the South West region of the Legislative Council at the 2021 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Jarvis
Jackie Jarvis (born 14 September 1968) is an Australian politician. Jarvis has served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member for South West since 2021, and as Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Small Business since late 2022. Prior to her election, Jarvis held a number of agri-business and regional development roles, and was chief executive of the Rural Regional and Remote Women's Network. In 2014, she won the WA Rural Women's Award and was the runner-up in the national awards. In 2019, she was named the Rural Community Leader of the Year at the Farmer of the Year Awards. Jarvis lives in Margaret River The Margaret River is a river in southwest Western Australia. In a small catchment, it is the eponym of the town and tourist region of Margaret River. The river arises from a catchment of just 40 square kilometres in the Whicher Range. The ..., where she owns a commercial farm and winery business with her husband, Matt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hayward (politician)
James Dorrin Hayward is an Australian former politician. Elected as a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2021 Western Australian state election, he resigned from the party on 3 December 2021 after being charged with child sex offences, and was ultimately disqualified on 28 August 2023 after being convicted. Hayward was the first person since John Marquis Hopkins in 1910 to be removed in this way. From 19 April until 3 December 2021, he served as Shadow Minister for Local Government, Water and Regional Cities. In 2022, he served on a committee inquiring into cannabis and hemp. On 28 August 2023, Hayward was found guilty of sexually abusing a young girl. His conviction for a crime with a maximum sentence of at least five years in jail meant he was automatically disqualified from parliament. On 16 October 2023, Hayward was sentenced to two years and nine months jail, and must serve half of that before becoming eligible for parole. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorna Harper
Lorna Harper (born 5 June 1969) was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for East Metropolitan region The East Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and b ... at the 2021 state election. References Living people Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Council 1969 births 21st-century Australian women politicians {{Australia-Labor-WesternAustralia-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Goiran
Nicolas Pierre Goiran (born 15 October 1977) is an Australian politician who has been a member for the South Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (MLC), the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, since 22 May 2009. A member of the Liberal Party, Australia's major right-wing political party, Goiran is a conservative Christian. He is pro-life, and opposes same-sex marriage, euthanasia and surrogacy. He has been outspoken on the issue of elder abuse, and he supports COVID-19 vaccinations but opposes vaccine mandates. Goiran has twice been accused of filibustering: he spoke for over 22 hours in total over a surrogacy bill in 2019, delaying it; and he proposed 357 amendments to a voluntary assisted dying bill and spoke on every clause of the bill. Goiran, alongside fellow MLC Peter Collier, is a Liberal Party powerbroker. After the March 2021 election, ''ABC News'' said that it was unrealistic to achieve preselection in the Perth metropol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Foster (politician)
Peter Allan Foster (born 19 December 1979) is an Australian politician. Foster was formerly a Shire of Ashburton councillor representing the Tom Price ward. At the 2021 Western Australian state election, Foster was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ... member for Mining and Pastoral. References Living people Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Kurri Kurri 21st-century Australian politicians 1979 births {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
