Ivan Peter Lewis was an Australian politician. Lewis was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1979 and 2006 in the electorates of Hammond,Ridley,Murray-Mallee and Mallee. From 1979 he was in the House as a Liberal member,however he was expelled from the Liberals in 2000. He was re-elected as an independent,serving until 2006. His decision to serve as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for a Labor government resulted in Mike Rann becoming Premier of South Australia from the 2002 election. His death was reported on 28 September 2017 to have been earlier in the week,in Sydney.
Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.
Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
North West Central is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc,branded The Nationals WA,is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia,but maintains a separate structure and identity. Since the 2021 state election,the Nationals WA is the senior party in an opposition alliance with the WA Liberal Party in the WA Parliament. Prior to the election,the National Party was sitting in the crossbench,and the Liberal Party was the sole opposition party. The election resulted in the National Party winning more seats than the Liberal Party,and gaining official opposition status. Under the opposition alliance,the National Party leader and deputy leader would be the opposition leader and deputy opposition leader,respectively,the first since 1947,and each party would maintain their independence from each other.
Peter Bruce Watson is an Australian politician. He was the Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from February 2001 to March 2021,representing the electorate of Albany.
Gary Snook was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from February 2005 to September 2008 representing the electorate of Moore
Fredrick Riebeling is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2008.
Vincent Alexander Catania is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008. Catania represented the Labor Party until July 2009,when he switched to the National Party.
Michael Dennis Nahan is a former Australian politician who was Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia's Western Australian branch and Leader of the Opposition from the 2017 state election until his resignation in June 2019. He served as Treasurer of Western Australia under the Barnett Ministry from March 2014 until the government's fall in March 2017. Nahan was also the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riverton from 2008 until 2021,when he was succeeded by Labor's Jags Krishnan.
The 2013 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday 9 March 2013 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council.
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.
The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia,led by Warren Truss,defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a landslide. It was also the third time in history that a party won 90 or more seats at an Australian election. Labor had been in government for six years since being elected in the 2007 election. This election marked the end of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd Labor government and the start of the 9 year long Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Liberal-National Coalition government. Abbott was sworn in by the Governor-General,Quentin Bryce,as Australia's new Prime Minister on 18 September 2013,along with the Abbott Ministry. The 44th Parliament of Australia opened on 12 November 2013,with the members of the House of Representatives and territory senators sworn in. The state senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014,with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July.
This is a list of candidates for the 2013 Western Australian state election. The election was held on 9 March 2013.
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.
Jeremy Philip Dalhousie Edwards,known as Jamie Edwards,is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2005,representing the electorate of Greenough.
A by-election for the seat of Greenough in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 1 November 1975. It was triggered by the resignation of Sir David Brand on 21 August 1975. The Liberal Party retained Greenough at the by-election,with its candidate,Reg Tubby,winning 57.3 percent of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote. However,the party suffered a swing of 33.6 points on first preferences,in part due to the entry of two parties that had not stood in Greenough at the 1974 state election. The Workers Party was in fact making its electoral debut,and surprised most observers by polling 13 percent on first preferences.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on Saturday,March 13,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 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.
Merome Beard is an Australian politician,representing the electoral district of North West Central in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 17 September 2022. She was elected as a member of the National Party,but she resigned from the party on 31 October 2023 and she intends to join the Liberal Party.
