David Alan Templeman (born 21 November 1965) is an Australian politician who has been a
Labor Party member of the
Legislative Assembly of
Western Australia
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since 2001, representing the
seat of Mandurah.
He is Leader of the House and Minister for Culture and the Arts, Local Government, and Heritage.
Early life
Templeman was born in
Northam, Western Australia
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, to Beryl Ann Bates and John Thomas Templeman. He attended
Northam Senior High School
Northam Senior High School is a comprehensive public co-educational high school, located in Northam, a regional centre in the Wheatbelt region, east of Perth, Western Australia.
History
The school was established in 1921 and by 2020 had an ...
before going on to the Western Australian College of Advanced Education (now
Edith Cowan University
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) to study teaching. Before entering politics, Templeman worked as a schoolteacher, teaching at
primary school
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s in
Three Springs,
Warnbro, and
Mandurah
Mandurah () is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, situated approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's second most populous city, with a population of 107,641 as of the 2021 census.
Mandurah's ...
. He also served on the
Mandurah City Council between 1994 and 2001, including as deputy mayor from 1997.
[David Alan Templeman](_blank)
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
Political career
Templeman first ran for parliament at the
1993 state election, but lost to the sitting
Liberal
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member,
Roger Nicholls. He re-contested the seat against Nicholls at the
2001 state election, and was successful.
Templeman was re-elected at the
2005 election with an increased majority, and was subsequently made a
whip in the government of
Geoff Gallop. When
Alan Carpenter
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replaced Gallop as
premier in January 2006, he was made
Minister for Community Development,
Minister for Seniors and Volunteering
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, and
Minister for Youth. In a December 2006 reshuffle, he lost the youth portfolio to
Ljiljanna Ravlich
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, but was instead made
Minister for Child Protection (a new title) and
Minister for Peel. Another reshuffle occurred in March 2007, after which Templeman's titles became
Minister for the Environment,
Minister for Climate Change
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, and Minister for Peel. He remained in the ministry until the Labor government's defeat at the
2008 state election.
[Mr David Alan Templeman MLA DipTchg, BEd](_blank)
– Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2016. When the Western Australian Labor Party won government in the 2017 state election, Templeman took on three ministries—Culture and the Arts, Local Government, and Heritage—and was appointed Leader of the House.
In this role, he delivered a cover of
The Sound of Silence by
Simon and Garfunkel
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See also
*
Carpenter Ministry
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References
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1965 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Australian schoolteachers
Edith Cowan University alumni
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
People from Northam, Western Australia
Western Australian local councillors
Deputy mayors of places in Australia
21st-century Australian politicians