Sue Walker (politician)
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Susan Elizabeth Walker (born 14 September 1951) is a British-born Australian
politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
. She represented the electorate of Nedlands in the
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between June 2001 and September 2008. Walker was originally elected as a
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member but turned
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in 2008.


Early life

Walker was born in
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, England and arrived in Western Australia in 1967. She was a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws graduate at the
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.


Politics

A member of the Liberal Party since 1978, Walker entered parliament at the 2001 Nedlands by-election, replacing a former premier,
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. She served as a shadow attorney-general under
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, but resigned from the party in February 2008 following
Troy Buswell Troy Raymond Buswell (born 19 March 1966) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2014, representing the seat of Vasse. He was Treasurer of Western Australia in the ...
's successful challenge for the party's leadership. Her stated reasons for leaving the party were the continued influence of both Brian Burke and
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on State politics, as well as her party's support of a government decision to close a facility within her electorate. Walker remained in parliament as an independent until her defeat at the September 2008 State election by her replacement as Liberal candidate,
Bill Marmion William Richard Marmion (born 22 May 1954) is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 2008 and 2021, representing the seat of Nedlands. He served as a minister in the government of Col ...
.


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* Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Western Australia Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia 1951 births 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub