Shane Robin Hill (born 2 December 1965 in
Kalgoorlie
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,
Western Australia
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) is an Australian politician. He represented the electorate of
Geraldton
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At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...
in the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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The Legisla ...
from the
2001 election for the
Labor Party until losing the seat in the
2008 election.
Hill defeated the sitting
Liberal
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member,
Bob Bloffwitch
Robert Clyde Bloffwitch (29 January 1944 – 25 January 2008) was an Australian politician for the Liberal Party.
Biography
He was born in Subiaco and was a businessman in the automotive industry before entering politics. In 1991 he was elect ...
, in the
2001 state election. In the
2005 state election Hill held the seat by a margin of 2.7%.
Hill was a member of the
standing committee
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for Health and Education from 2001 to 2005. He has also been a member of the Joint Parliamentary Services Committee since 2001 and a member of the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee since 2005.
In 2006 Hill was appointed to be the
Government Whip
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of the Legislative Assembly.
In the
2008 election, Hill's seat was significantly altered. He'd previously held one of Labor's more marginal seats, but the redistribution gave the Liberals a notional three-percent majority. He was soundly defeated by Liberal challenger
Ian Blayney.
Hill was preselected as the Labor candidate for
Durack at the
2010 federal election, at which he was unsuccessful,
and was also unsuccessful as the Labor candidate for
North West Central at the
2017 state election.
References
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1965 births
Living people
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
People from Kalgoorlie
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
21st-century Australian politicians