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Antony Kevin Royston Prince (born 2 February 1948) is a former Australian politician. He was born in
Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
and arrived in
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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.


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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 {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub