The Division of Tangney is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. The Division was named after Dame Dorothy Tangney,the first female member of the Australian Senate.
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.
Peter Charles Tinley is an Australian politician and former soldier. Peter has been a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since November 2009,representing the electorate of Willagee.
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is a former Australian politician. From 1988 to 2023,she has served in politics at a federal,state,and local level,including as a minister in the Western Australian state governments of Geoff Gallop,Alan Carpenter,and Mark McGowan. She is best known for her role as the minister for planning and infrastructure during the construction of the Mandurah line. Born in Melbourne,she moved to Perth to study at the University of Western Australia,graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and later with a law degree. She worked for the Department of Employment before practising as a lawyer between 1986 and 1992. During this time,she also served on the Perth City Council. In 1976,MacTiernan joined the Australian Labor Party,and at the 1993 Western Australian state election,she was elected to the Legislative Council's East Metropolitan Region. She became a shadow minister in October 1994,and she was transferred to the Legislative Assembly at the 1996 state election,winning the seat of Armadale.
John Biase D'Orazio was an Australian politician who served as the member for Ballajura in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 10 February 2001 to 6 September 2008. He was a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter,and a member of the Labor Party until 29 August 2006,when he resigned following several controversies. Born to Italian immigrants,D'Orazio grew up on a market garden in the Perth suburb of Bayswater. He studied pharmacy at the Western Australian Institute of Technology,later opening his own pharmacy business. In 1981,he was elected to the City of Bayswater council,and in 1984,he became the mayor of Bayswater,in which position he served until 2001.
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.
Amber-Jade Sanderson is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia. Since 21 December 2021,she has been Minister for Health and Minister for Mental health. From 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021,she was Minister for Environment,Minister for Climate Action and Minister for Commerce. She rose to prominence when she chaired the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices. From 22 May 2013 to 5 February 2017,she was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council,the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia,for the East Metropolitan Region.
The 2015 Canning by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives on Saturday 19 September from 8 am to 6 pm WST. The by-election in the seat of Canning was triggered by the death of sitting Liberal MP Don Randall on 21 July 2015.
John Newton Carey is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party,Carey has been the member for Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia,since 11 March 2017. Since June 2023,Carey has been the minister for planning,minister for lands,minister for housing,and minister for homelessness. He previously served in other ministries from March 2021 to June 2023. From 19 October 2013 to 30 January 2017,he was the mayor of the City of Vincent.
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.
Patrick Possum Gorman is an Australian politician,elected as an Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Perth at the 2018 Perth by-election.
The 2021 Western Australian state election was held on 13 March 2021.
Jodie Louise Hanns is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election,representing Collie-Preston.
Hannah Mary Beazley is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election,representing Victoria Park.
Stuart Neil Aubrey is an Australian politician and former electrician,who was elected as a Labor member for Scarborough in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly at the 2021 state election.
Katrina Stratton is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nedlands for the Australian Labor Party. She won her seat at the 2021 Western Australian state election. In July 2024,Stratton announced she would be leaving the Nedlands and taking the Legislative Council seat vacated by Sally Talbot.
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.
Tracey Roberts is an English-born Australian politician. She was elected to the Division of Pearce in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2022 Australian federal election,succeeding Christian Porter. She was a councillor for the City of Wanneroo from 2003 to 2022,and mayor from 2011 to 2022. She was also the president of the Western Australian Local Government Association from March 2020 to 2022,a vice president of the Australian Local Government Association.
Katherine Ella Chaney is an Australian independent politician,who was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2022 Australian federal election,succeeding Liberal Party MP Celia Hammond in the division of Curtin.
