Eleanor Elizabeth Margaret Whiteaker is an Australian politician who is the Senator-elect for Western Australia,having been elected in the 2025 federal election. Her six-year term began on 1 July 2025.
Whiteaker was born in Kalamunda,Western Australia. As a small child she moved with her family to Kalgoorlie,where she completed her primary school education. Whiteaker attended high school at Comet Bay College,in Rockingham's Secret Harbour.[1]
Whiteaker formerly worked as a campaign organiser for UnionsWA,as an organiser for the AMWU,and as an adviser to Senator Louise Pratt.[4]
In 2018,she was elected Assistant State Secretary to the WA State Branch of the Labor Party.[citation needed] She was re-elected in 2021. She assumed position of State Secretary upon resignation of the incumbent Tim Picton in the WA Labor state executive on 11 July 2022.[5][6][7] She also became the WA Labor Party's first female party secretary.[8]
In 2024,Whiteaker was preselected as a WA Labor candidate for the Australian Senate in the 2025 federal election and was selected for the number one spot on the ticket.[9][10][11] She was successfuly elected and will begin her term on 1 July 2025.[12]
↑ Maynard, Gabrielle (April 2012). "UWA ARTS UNION MOCK PARLIAMENT"(PDF). State (UWA Politics Club publication). p.43. Archived(PDF) from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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