Andrea Gail West ( née Kaus;16 September 1952 –20 April 2010) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party and served a single term in the House of Representatives,representing the Queensland seat of Bowman from 1996 to 1998.
West was born in Brisbane on 16 September 1952. [1] She was the daughter of Bill Kaus,who was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a Liberal in 1966. [2] She held the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and a diploma from the Mount Gravatt Teachers' College. Prior to entering parliament she worked as a primary school teacher. [3] Afterwards she became a teacher at Qatar International School.[ citation needed ]
West served as chairman of the Liberal Party's Cleveland–Ormiston branch. [3] She was elected to the Division of Bowman in the Coalition's landslide victory at the 1996 federal election,defeating the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) member Con Sciacca. [4]
In parliament,West served on the Joint Statutory Committee on the National Crime Authority and the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs. [3] She spoke of the need to "safeguard the sanctity of the family" and supported reforms to child support and Australian family law. [5] According to George Brandis,she supported the Howard government's introduction of goods and services tax (GST) despite the impact it was likely to have on her re-election campaign in a marginal seat. [2] Con Sciacca reclaimed Bowman for the ALP at the 1998 federal election. [4]
After her defeat,West remained active in the Liberal Party. [4] In 2000 she unsuccessfully sought preselection for a casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer. [2]
West lived at Wellington Point with her husband Jeremy and had three children. [4] She died of breast cancer on 20 April 2010,aged 57,at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. [6] [ failed verification ]
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