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Richard Shalders
Richard Steele Shalders (born 14 March 1938) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1974 to 1983, representing the Electoral district of Murray-Wellington, seat of Murray. He served as a minister in the government of Ray O'Connor. Shalders was born in Perth, and attended Governor Stirling Senior High School, Midland High School before going on to Claremont Teachers College. He worked as a schoolteacher from 1959, initially at Manjimup Senior High School, and eventually became a primary school principal.Richard Steele Shalders – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legislative Assembly today has 59 members, elected for four-year terms from single-member electoral districts. Members are elected using the preferential voting system. As with all other Australian states and territories, voting is compulsory for all Australian citizens over the legal voting age of 18. Role and operation Most legislation in Western Australia is initiated in the Legislative Assembly. The party or coalition that can command a majority in the Legislative Assembly is invited by the Governor to form a government. That party or coalition's leader, once sworn in, subsequently becomes the Premier of Western Australia, and a team of the leader's, party's or coalition's choosing (whether they be in the Legislative Assembly or in the Leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
