Cassie Rowe | |
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Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Belmont | |
Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Glenys Godfrey |
Personal details | |
Born | Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | 6 September 1980
Political party | Labor |
Relations | Samantha Rowe (sister),Barry Rowe (father) |
Website | belmont |
Cassandra Michelle Rowe (born 6 September 1980) is an Australian politician. She became a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in the 2017 state election,representing Belmont. [1]
Rowe holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and has also studied finance and screenwriting. [1] Prior to entering politics,Rowe worked as a financial planner and served as Assistant State Secretary of WA Labor from 2017 until 2021. [1] [2]
Rowe is a member of the Australian Workers Union (AWU),which is a union part of the Labor Right. [3]
Rowe ran unsuccessfully for Belmont in 2013 before being successfully elected in the subsequent 2017 state election. [4] Rowe was re-elected in the 2025 Western Australian state election with a first preference vote share of 53.5%. [5]
Rowe served as Government Whip from 17 March 2021 until 29 January 2025. [6] [2] Following the 2025 election,she was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to Minister Simone McGurk. [7]
Her sister,Samantha Rowe,was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 2013 and was her campaign manager in the 2017 state election. [8] [9] Rowe's father,Barry Rowe,was the member for the Victorian state seat of Essendon from 1979 to 1992. [9]