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Sheila McHale
Sheila Margaret McHale (born 1 September 1953) born is a former Labor Party MP in the Government of Western Australia. Prior to retirement, she served as Member for Kenwick and Minister for Disability Services, Tourism, Culture and the Arts, and Consumer Protection. Born in Yorkshire, England she emigrated to Western Australia in 1978. She was first elected to State Parliament in 1996 and served as the Shadow Minister for Health, the Arts and Heritage. During this period, she spent three years as an elected councillor for the City of South Perth The City of South Perth is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the inner southern List of Perth suburbs, suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Perth central business distr .... In 2001, she was re-elected to state parliament as Gallop took power and undertook the position of Cabinet Minister, as Minister for Community Development, Women's Interests, Tourism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
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Electoral District Of Gosnells
Gosnells was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was in existence from 1977 to 1989 and from 2008 to 2017. The seat was named after the suburb of Gosnells, and was located in Perth's southeastern suburbs. Gosnells was a safe seat for the Labor Party for most of its existence. History Gosnells was first created for the 1977 state election and abolished ahead of the 1989 state election. It was largely replaced by the district of Thornlie, which sitting Gosnells MP Yvonne Henderson contested and won. Gosnells was held at all times by the Labor Party. A new seat named Gosnells was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn from large parts of the electorates of Kenwick, which was abolished, and Southern River, as well as a small part of Armadale. It included almost all of the suburb of Gosnells, large p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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21st-century Australian Politicians
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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Following are lists of members of the 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, Perth, Parliament House in the Western Australian capi ...: {{DEFAULTSORT:Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Curtin University Alumni
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Australian Labor Party Members Of The Parliament Of Western Australia
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1953 Births
Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia. ** The CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon. * January 15 – Georg Dertinger, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying. * January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken. * January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States. * January 24 ** Mau Mau Uprising: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son). ** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht announces that agriculture will be col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Western Australian State Election
The 2008 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council. The incumbent centre-left Labor Party government, in power since the 2001 election and led since 25 January 2006 by Premier Alan Carpenter, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal Party opposition, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett since 6 August 2008. The election resulted in a hung parliament with no party gaining a majority. Labor was two seats short of a majority in the expanded legislature. Ultimately, the Liberals were able to form a coalition government with the WA Nationals, supported by three independents. While both parties agreed to National demands that at least 25 percent of mining proceeds go to regional projects, the Nationals ultimately went with the Liberals. According to Nationals leader Brendon Grylls, a Labor-National coalition would have required Green support to get mining l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Kenwick
Kenwick was an Electoral districts of Western Australia, electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1989 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2008. Both incarnations of the district were based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth and were safe for the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party. History Kenwick was first contested at the 1989 Western Australian state election, 1989 state election. The seat was won by Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor candidate Judyth Watson. It was abolished two terms later and Watson unsuccessfully contested the new seat of Electoral district of Southern River, Southern River at the 1996 Western Australian state election, 1996 state election. A new seat called Kenwick was created for the 2005 Western Australian state election, 2005 state election. The new district was created from territory formerly belonging to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of South Perth
The City of South Perth is a Local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the inner southern List of Perth suburbs, suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about south of Perth central business district, Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of , maintains of roads and a little over 4.3 km2 of parks and gardens, and had a population of about 42,000 at the 2016 Australia Census, 2016 Census. The City is the entirety of the state electoral district of South Perth. An area of Kensington, Western Australia, Kensington joined into South Perth after the 2013 redistribution, although dwindling population growth in Victoria Park may mean that part of the City will move back. The area broadly forms a peninsula, being bounded on three sides by the waters of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan and Canning River (Western Australia), Canning rivers. History The South Perth Road District was formed on 9 June 1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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