Stephen Francis Smith is the current High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom and formerly an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives for Perth from 1993 to 2013,representing the Australian Labor Party. He served as a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments,including as Minister for Foreign Affairs (2007–2010),Minister for Trade (2010),and Minister for Defence (2010–2013).
Colin James Barnett is a former Australian politician who was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. He concurrently served as the state's Treasurer at several points during his tenure and had previously held various other portfolios in Western Australia's Court–Cowan Ministry.
Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is a former Australian politician. From 1988 to 2023,she has served in politics at a federal,state,and local level,including as a minister in the Western Australian state governments of Geoff Gallop,Alan Carpenter,and Mark McGowan. She is best known for her role as the minister for planning and infrastructure during the construction of the Mandurah line. Born in Melbourne,she moved to Perth to study at the University of Western Australia,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and later with a law degree. She worked for the Department of Employment before practising as a lawyer between 1986 and 1992. During this time,she also served on the Perth City Council. In 1976,MacTiernan joined the Australian Labor Party,and at the 1993 Western Australian state election,she was elected to the Legislative Council's East Metropolitan Region. She became a shadow minister in October 1994,and she was transferred to the Legislative Assembly at the 1996 state election,winning the seat of Armadale.
Gary Gray,former Australian politician and Australia's Ambassador to Ireland,was the Australian Labor Party (ALP) representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016. On 25 March 2013,Gray was appointed to the Australian Cabinet as the Minister for Resources and Energy,the Minister for Tourism and the Minister for Small Business. From 2010 until 2013,Gray served as the Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity.
Vincent Alexander Catania 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. Catania represented the Labor Party until July 2009,when he switched to the National Party.
Paul Anthony Filing is an Australian former politician.
Rita Saffioti is an Australian politician. Representing the Australian Labor Party,she has been the member for the electoral district of West Swan in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 6 September 2008. Since June 2023,she has been the deputy premier of Western Australia,the treasurer of Western Australia,the minister for transport,and the minister for tourism. From March 2017 to June 2023,she was the minister for transport and minister for planning. From March 2021 to June 2023,she was also the minister for ports. From March 2017 to December 2018,she was also the minister for lands.
Nicolas Pierre Goiran is an Australian politician who has been a member for the South Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (MLC),the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 22 May 2009. A member of the Liberal Party,Australia's major right-wing political party,Goiran is a conservative Christian. He is pro-life,and opposes same-sex marriage,euthanasia and surrogacy. He has been outspoken on the issue of elder abuse,and he supports COVID-19 vaccinations but opposes vaccine mandates. Goiran has twice been accused of filibustering:he spoke for over 22 hours in total over a surrogacy bill in 2019,delaying it;and he proposed 357 amendments to a voluntary assisted dying bill and spoke on every clause of the bill.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new Prime Minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
Amber-Jade Sanderson is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia. Since 21 December 2021,she has been Minister for Health and Minister for Mental health. From 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021,she was Minister for Environment,Minister for Climate Action and Minister for Commerce. She rose to prominence when she chaired the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices. From 22 May 2013 to 5 February 2017,she was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council,the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia,for the East Metropolitan Region.
Susan Lines is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2013,representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She is the current President of the Australian Senate,having previously been Deputy President of the Senate from 2016. Before entering politics she was the assistant national secretary of United Voice.
John Newton Carey is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party,Carey has been the member for Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 11 March 2017. Since June 2023,Carey has been the minister for planning,minister for lands,minister for housing,and minister for homelessness. He previously served in other ministries from March 2021 to June 2023. From 19 October 2013 to 30 January 2017,he was the mayor of the City of Vincent.
David Robert Michael is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Balcatta. Michael is the WA Parliament's first MP of Finnish descent.
Reece Raymond Whitby is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Baldivis. Shortly after the 2017 election,Whitby was appointed by Premier of Western Australia Mark McGowan as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Minister for Energy and Finance,and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Disability Services. Whitby was successfully re-elected to the seat of Baldivis in the 2021 state election,and he was appointed to the Second McGowan Ministry,becoming the Minister of Emergency Services;Racing and Gaming,Small Business and Volunteering.
Pierre Shuai Yang is a Chinese-Australian lawyer and politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election,as a Labor member in South Metropolitan Region. His term began on 22 May 2017.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was conducted on Saturday 13 March 2021 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election.
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Perth took place on Saturday 28 July 2018,following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Tim Hammond.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on 13 March 2021.
Tania Lawrence is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2022 federal election,representing the Western Australian seat of Hasluck. She was a ministerial adviser and corporate manager before her election to parliament.
