Antony Kevin Royston Prince (born 2 February 1948) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in
Oxford
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and arrived in
Western Australia
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in 1964. He was a solicitor before entering politics. In 1993 he was elected to 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 ...
as the member for
Albany. In 1994 he was appointed Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Housing, exchanging Housing for Health in 1995. In 1998 he moved to Police and Emergency Services, which portfolio he held until his defeat in 2001.
Following his retirement from politics he resumed his career as a criminal
lawyer based in
Albany.
References
1948 births
Living people
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
People from Oxford
English emigrants to Australia
20th-century Australian lawyers
21st-century Australian politicians
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