Ed Dermer

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The Honourable
Ed Dermer
MLC
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Metropolitan Region
In office
22 May 1997 –21 May 2013
Personal details
Born (1957-10-30) 30 October 1957 (age 67)
Subiaco, Western Australia
Political party Labor
SpouseSylvie
ProfessionUnion organiser

Edmund Rupert Joseph "Ed" Dermer (born 30 October 1957) in Subiaco, Western Australia is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council {MLC), representing the North Metropolitan Region from 1996 until 2013. A member of the Labor Party, he was elected at the 1996 state election, replacing retired MP Samuel Mathew Piantadosi. [1]

Dermer was re-elected at the 2001 and 2005 state elections, and held the position of government whip in the Legislative Council from May 2001 to September 2008, and opposition whip from then until his retirement in May 2013. [2]

Dermer was one of the three North Metropolitan Labor MLCs, including Graham Giffard and Ken Travers, who were critical to the introduction of daylight saving in Western Australia in 2006. Initially intending to vote against the move, they all eventually decided to support it, in line with the wishes of their electorate and party. [3]

In 2008, Dermer was caught in a rip current with his sons, Alexander and Cameron, while holidaying at a Surfers Paradise beach. Dermer and Cameron had to be rescued by lifesavers. Not long after that, Dermer was diagnosed with a melanoma on the back of his neck, which was removed and found to be malignant. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "Hon. Edmund (Ed) Rupert Joseph Dermer MLC BSc (Hons), Dip. Ed". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "The West Australian - Daylight saving hangs in the balance". 2006. Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  4. ↑ "Perthnow - WA politician Ed Dermer survives rip, cancer scares". 2008. Archived from the original on 1 June 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
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