Laine Courtney McDonald is an Australian politician. She was a

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member of the

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for North Metropolitan from 27 September 2016, when she was elected in a countback following the resignation of

Ken Travers Kenneth Dunstan Elder Travers (born 1 February 1961) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1997 to 2016, representing North Metropolitan Region. Early life Traver ...

, to 21 May 2017, when her term concluded following her defeat at the 2017 state election. She was educated at

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. Prior to her entry into parliament, McDonald was a

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councillor.

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