Colin James Barnett is an Australian former 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.
Alfred Cove was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was located in Perth's southern suburbs,and named after the riverside suburb of Alfred Cove.
Donna Evelyn Mary Faragher is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2005,representing East Metropolitan Region. She became a minister in the government of Colin Barnett in 2008,becoming the youngest woman to hold ministerial office in Western Australia.
Kim Desmond Hames is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments of Richard Court and Colin Barnett,and was deputy premier to Barnett from 2008 to 2016. Hames retired from parliament at the 2017 state election.
The Barnett Ministry was the 35th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia. It included 13 members of the Liberal Party,three members of the National Party and an independent. It was led by the Premier of Western Australia,Colin Barnett,and Deputy Premier Liza Harvey. It succeeded the Carpenter Ministry on 23 September 2008 following the 2008 election and was succeeded by the First McGowan Ministry following the Liberal Party's defeat at the 2017 election.
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.
Liza Mary Harvey is an Australian politician who was the Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2021,representing the seat of Scarborough. She was a minister in the government of Colin Barnett,and in 2016 was appointed deputy premier,becoming the first woman to hold the position. She became leader of the opposition after being elected unopposed to replace Mike Nahan as state Liberal leader on 13 June 2019. On 22 November 2020,she resigned as Liberal leader and was replaced by Zak Kirkup. She lost her seat at the 2021 election.
Albert Paul Jacob is an Australian politician. He is the current mayor of the City of Joondalup. He was the member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Ocean Reef from 2008 to 2017,and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in Colin Barnett's government. He had previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services;Seniors and Volunteering and Youth,from June 2012 to March 2013. His seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election and he was defeated contesting Burns Beach.
Metro Area Express (MAX) was a proposed light rail network for Perth,Western Australia,as part of Colin Barnett's 2010 announcement of a decade of light rail for Perth. It was scheduled to open in 2018,then postponed until 2022,then replaced by concepts for rapid buses and heavy rail,until it was abandoned in 2016.
Sir Crawford David Nalder was an Australian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Western Australia from 1962 to 1971. He was leader of the Country Party in Western Australia from 1962 to 1973.
Cambell Crawford Nalder was an Australian politician who served as a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1986 to 1987,representing the seat of Narrogin.
The 2017 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 11 March 2017 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia,including all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 36 seats in the Legislative Council. The eight-and-a-half-year two-term incumbent Liberal–WA National government,led by Premier Colin Barnett,was defeated in a landslide by the Labor opposition,led by Opposition Leader Mark McGowan.
The Perth Freight Link was a proposed $1.9 billion project in Perth,Western Australia to improve the road freight link between Kewdale and Fremantle Harbour. The project was announced by the state government in May 2014,but was cancelled following a change of government at the March 2017 state election.
This is a list of candidates for the 2017 Western Australian state election. The election was held on 11 March 2017.
Zak Richard Francis Kirkup is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Liberal Party,and served as a member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Dawesville from 2017 to 2021.
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.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on 13 March 2021.
The Western Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia held a leadership vote on 24 November 2020 to determine its leader. The election was conducted among Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia. It came after its previous leader,Liza Harvey,resigned following poor opinion polling. Deputy leader Bill Marmion also resigned on the same day. The main candidates touted ahead of the election were Dean Nalder,a member of parliament since 2013 and a minister in the Barnett Ministry,and Zak Kirkup,a member of parliament since 2017. Nalder declined to nominate for the leadership after it became clear he did not have the full support of the Liberal Party caucus. As a result,Kirkup won the leadership unopposed,becoming the state's leader of the opposition. Libby Mettam was elected unopposed as the deputy leader.
The Clan was a WhatsApp chat group involving members of the Western Australian division of the Liberal Party. The chat group was active between 2016 and 2021 and was used to coordinate activities within the Liberal Party. The group was revealed in 2021 after its contents were leaked to the media. Prominent members included former senator for Western Australia Mathias Cormann and Legislative Councillors Peter Collier and Nick Goiran.
