Merome Beard is an Australian politician, representing the

electoral district of North West Central North West Central is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is mostly based in the rural north-west of Western Australia. It is currently a marginal seat for the Nationals ...

in the

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for the National Party since 17 September 2022.

Early life and career

Beard is a great-great-granddaughter of Sir

Thomas Cockburn-Campbell Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, 4th Baronet (18 April 1845 – 27 September 1892) was an English-born journalist and politician in Australia. __NOTOC__ Early life Cockburn-Campbell was born in Exeter, the second son of Sir Alexander Thomas Cockbu ...

, the first president of the

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in 1890. She competed as a rower at the

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and went to the 1994 World Championships. Beard and her husband have owned and ran the Port Hotel in Carnarvon for over twenty years.

Political career

In late June 2022, Beard was selected by the National Party to contest the

2022 North West Central state by-election A by-election for the electoral district of North West Central in Western Australia took place on 17 September 2022 following the resignation of the sitting member, Nationals MP Vince Catania, on 8 August 2022. The election was won by Nationa ...

for them, after incumbent member

Vince Catania Vincent Alexander Catania (born 23 February 1977) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008. ...

announced his plans to retire. Her main competitor was

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candidate Will Baston, with the Labor Party not fielding a candidate. Beard won the by-election, which took place on 17 September 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beard, Merome Living people Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia 21st-century Australian politicians People from Carnarvon, Western Australia Year of birth missing (living people) 1960s births