Caitlin Collins | |
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![]() Caitlin Collins at Bambara Primary School during the 2021 WA State Election. | |
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Hillarys | |
Assumed office 13 March 2021 | |
Preceded by | Peter Katsambanis |
Personal details | |
Born | Caitlin Mary Collins 22 July 1988 Aberdeen,Scotland |
Political party | Labor |
Website | www |
Caitlin Mary Collins (born 22 July 1988) [1] is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election,representing Hillarys. [2] [3] Prior to her election,Collins taught politics and history at local High Schools,including Scotch College.
Previously,she contested the 2017 state election in then-Premier Colin Barnett's seat of Cottesloe. [4]
Born in Aberdeen,Scotland on 22 July 1988,Collins migrated to Australia,arriving in Victoria in 1992 and then moving to Perth,Western Australia in 1996. [1] She graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2010 with a BA,majoring in history,politics and international relations. [5] She lives in Padbury with her partner Jack,and their dog Lenny. [6]
Collins studied history,politics and international relations at Notre Dame in Fremantle then pursued a teaching qualification in order to share her passion for civics. [6]
She has taught extensively in India,Colombia and Vietnam and completed a parliamentary internship in Ireland. [6] In her inaugural speech,she raised the issues of climate action,youth mental health and the power of education. [7]
Collins was endorsed as Labor candidate for the seat of Hillarys in July 2020. [8] In her election campaigns,she received mentoring from New South Wales politician,Rose Jackson,through EMILY's List Australia. [9]
At the 2021 election Collins gained one of the largest swings in the entire state,19.3% as was elected as the first Labor Member to Hillarys since Pamela Beggs held the predecessor seat of Whitfords from 1983-1993. [10]
Collins is the 100th woman elected to the Western Australian Parliament being sworn in 100 years after the election of Edith Cowan,the first woman elected to any Parliament in Australia. [1]
Collins was appointed as a member of the Education and Health Standing Committee from 12 May 2021 and as an Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 11 May 2022 to 13 June 2023. [1]
Collins was appointed as Secretary of the State Parliamentary Labor Party from 14 February 2023.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Caitlin Collins | 15,671 | 61.4 | +28.1 | |
Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 6,900 | 27.0 | −11.0 | |
Greens | Greg Glazov | 1,366 | 5.4 | −3.9 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Katrina Winfield | 582 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
No Mandatory Vaccination | W. Seeto | 476 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Liberals for Climate | Rick Tylka | 339 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
WAxit | Zoran Jankulovski | 184 | 0.7 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 25,518 | 97.0 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 802 | 3.0 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 26,320 | 88.1 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Caitlin Collins | 17,597 | 69.0 | +19.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Katsambanis | 7,919 | 31.0 | −19.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Colin Barnett | 13,264 | 56.7 | −8.1 | |
Labor | Caitlin Collins | 5,280 | 22.6 | +10.4 | |
Greens | Greg Boland | 2,826 | 12.1 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Alida Lancee | 1,332 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Christians | Riaan Groenewald | 226 | 1.0 | −0.3 | |
Micro Business | Nicole Poppas | 198 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Michael Watson | 176 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||
Independent | Dmitry Malov | 103 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,405 | 96.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 819 | 3.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,224 | 88.4 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Colin Barnett | 14,799 | 63.3 | −7.8 | |
Labor | Caitlin Collins | 8,590 | 36.7 | +7.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.8 |
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