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.
Eric Stephen Ripper is a retired Australian politician. From 2008 to 2012 he was Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Labor Party in Western Australia.
Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician currently serving as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly since 1994. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2001 and 2008. In November 2015,Roberts became the longest-serving female parliamentarian in Western Australia's history,breaking the record set by Liz Constable. She was a high school teacher,civil servant and local government councillor before entering politics.
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.
Margaret Mary Quirk is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2001. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2005 and 2008.
Mark McGowan is an Australian politician and naval officer who was the 30th premier of Western Australia from March 2017 to June 2023. He was the leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2012 to 2023 and a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Rockingham from 1996 to 2023.
Suzanne Mary Ellery is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2001,representing South Metropolitan Region. She is the current Minister for Finance,Minister for Commerce,and Minister for Women's Interests in the McGowan government,having previously served as a minister in the government of Alan Carpenter from 2007 to 2008.
John Robert Quigley is an Australian barrister,solicitor and politician in Western Australia. A member of the ALP,he has served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from the 2001 election until the present,initially as the Member for Innaloo (2001–2005) until that seat's abolition in an electoral redistribution,then as the Member for Mindarie (2005-2013) until that seat's abolition in an electoral redistribution and is currently the Member for Butler. As of March 2022,he is the state's Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs in the second McGowan ministry after holding the position of Attorney General and Minister for Commerce in the McGowan Ministry.
Roger Hugh Cook is an Australian politician who is the current premier of Western Australia,in office since June 2023 as leader of WA Labor. He was previously deputy premier of Western Australia from 2017 to 2023.
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.
Mia Jane Davies is an Australian politician who was the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party in Western Australia from March 2021 to January 2023. She has been a member of the state Legislative Assembly since 2013,having previously served in the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2013. Davies was elected deputy leader of the Nationals in November 2013,and replaced Brendon Grylls as leader in March 2017 following his defeat at the 2017 state election. As a result of the Liberal Party's electoral wipeout at the 2021 state election,she became leader of the opposition after Premier Mark McGowan gave her party the official opposition party funding,the first member of her party to hold the role since Arthur Watts in 1947. She resigned as leader of the opposition and leader of her party in January 2023,and said she would not recontest her seat at the 2025 election.
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.
Joseph Warrington Bullock is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Western Australia from 2013 to 2016,representing the Australian Labor Party.
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.
Patrick Possum Gorman is an Australian politician,elected as an Australian Labor Party representative to the Division of Perth at the 2018 Perth by-election.
The 2025 Western Australian state election is scheduled to be held on 8 March 2025 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 37 seats in the Legislative Council will be up for election.
A leadership election for the Western Australian Labor Party occurred on 6 June 2023 following the resignation of party leader and premier of Western Australia Mark McGowan in June 2023. The three contenders to replace McGowan were Roger Cook,Amber-Jade Sanderson and Rita Saffioti. Saffioti withdrew on 30 May in exchange for being Cook's deputy,and Sanderson withdrew on 30 May,leaving Cook as the sole nominee for leader.
