Graham Thomas Giffard (born 21 February 1959) is an Australian politician. He was a
Labor
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member of the
Western Australian Legislative Council
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from 2000 to 2008, representing the
North Metropolitan Region.
Born in
Camberwell
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,
Victoria
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, Giffard moved to Western Australia in 1981 and joined the Labor Party in 1986. For two years he worked for the member for
Fremantle
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,
John Dawkins
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and then another two years for secretary of the Cabinet, Bill Thomas.
For the following eight years Giffard worked for the
Builders Labourers Federation
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.
He was first elected to Parliament in February 2000 on a countback for the
South Metropolitan Region
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after the resignation of
John Halden, and subsequently re-elected to the
North Metropolitan Region in the
2001
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and
2005
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state elections he is a member of the
Labor Party.
Giffard resigned his seat on 11 August 2008 to stand as the Labor Party candidate for the
Legislative Assembly district of
Swan Hills
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at the
2008 state election. He was defeated by
Liberal Party
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candidate
Frank Alban
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.
References
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1959 births
Living people
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
21st-century Australian politicians
Politicians from Melbourne
Australian trade unionists
People from Camberwell, Victoria