Hugh Jones (politician)

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Hugh Jones
MLA
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Darling Range
Assumed office
13 March 2021
Years of service1990–2021
Rank Lieutenant Commander

Hugh Trevor Jones (born 12 November 1966) [1] is an Australian politician and former Lieutenant Commander at the Royal Australian Navy. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the electorate of Darling Range in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party at the 2021 state election.

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Early life and naval career

Hugh Trevor Jones was born on 12 November 1966 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales in the United Kingdom. He was born in a family of healthcare workers where his father, Arthur Trevor Jones, was a dental surgeon, while his mother Margaret Vaughan Jones (née Owen) was a nurse. Jones spent his first eleven years of life in Wales, where he attended St Georges School in Llandudno from 1970 to 1974, and again briefly 1977. From 1975 to 1976, he attended Rydal Penrhos school in Colwyn Bay. [2] His family then arrived in Australia on 26 January 1978. [3] In Australia, his father worked as a dentist in Gosnells. [4] In Western Australia, he attended Wesley College in South Perth. [2]

In 1990, he joined the Royal Australian Navy where he met future premier Mark McGowan. [5] During the 1990s and early 2000s, Jones lived in various states. From 1990 to 1991, he lived in both Queensland and Victoria; he then moved to the Australian Capital Territory where he lived for in 1992; then in the Northern Territory from 1992 to 1994; New South Wales in 1995; Victoria again in 1996; returning to WA in 1997, before then going to NSW in 1998; From 2000-2004, he lived in both NSW and the ACT. [2]

Political career

In 2019, Jones was elected to the City of Armadale as a councillor for River Ward. Jones would later become the Labor party's candidate for the electoral district of Darling Range for the 2021 Western Australian state election. Darling Range had been held by Alyssa Hayden from the Liberal party since 2018, who had won it in a by-election after the resignation of Barry Urban. The seat was declared a seat to watch at the election by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and The West Australian. [6] [7]

On 13 March 2021 during the state election, Jones won Darling Range with a swing of 15.4% from the results of the 2018 by-election. Jones actually won 56 percent of the primary vote, enough to win the seat without the need for preferences.

Personal life

Jones returned to Perth in 2005 and has two children, named Grace and Gryff, with his wife Cam Jones. Cam works as primary school teacher, previously working in Armadale before moving to Byford. Their children attend primary school in Kelmscott. [8] He is a former member of Kelmscott Roos Soccer Club and a former volunteer for the First Nations Homelessness Project.

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References

  1. "Mr Hugh Trevor Jones MLA". Parliament of Western Australia.
  2. 1 2 3 "MP Biographical Register". www.parliament.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. "Member List". www.parliament.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. "Hugh Jones MLA Darling Range". www.hughjones.org.au. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. "Darling Range (*)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. Kagi, Jacob (9 March 2021). "WA election: Dawesville, Hillarys, Darling Range and Scarborough among seats to watch". ABC News. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. Law, Peter; Zimmerman, Josh (16 January 2021). "WA Election 2021: The seats to watch this March". The West Australian. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. "Hugh Jones MLA Darling Range". www.hughjones.org.au. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Darling Range
2021–present
Incumbent