Lisa Margaret O'Malley (born 25 September 1968) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Bicton.
O'Malley was born in Victoria and moved to Western Australia in 1993. She worked as a personal trainer and group fitness leader,and managed two gymnasiums from 1993 to 2000. She was elected to Melville City Council in 2015. [1]
The City of Melville is a local government area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth,east of the port city of Fremantle and about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 52.73 square kilometres (20.36 sq mi) and had a population of about 98,000 as at the 2016 Census.
King O'Malley was an American-born Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1917,and served two terms as Minister for Home Affairs. He is remembered for his role in the development of the national capital Canberra as well as his advocacy for the creation of a national bank.
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats.
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.
Bicton is an affluent riverside suburb of Perth,Western Australia,located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-west of the central business district. The suburb is mostly residential,and falls within the City of Melville local government area. Bicton borders the Swan River to the north,with the northern third of the suburb taken up by a Class-A reserve at Point Walter.
Bicton can refer to:
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.
Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician currently serving as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly since 1994. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2001 and 2008. In November 2015,Roberts became the longest-serving female parliamentarian in Western Australia's history,breaking the record set by Liz Constable. She was a high school teacher,civil servant and local government councillor before entering politics.
Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The Fremantle tramway network linked the central business district of Fremantle,the port city for Perth,Western Australia,with nearby suburbs. Small but comprehensive,it operated between 1905 and 1952. It was not connected with the larger Perth tramway system.
Elsie Kay Hallahan is a former deputy leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Larissa Joy Waters is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Greens and has served as a Senator for Queensland since 2018. She previously served in the Senate from 2011 to 2017,resigning during the parliamentary eligibility crisis due to her holding Canadian citizenship in violation of Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia. Waters serves as her party's Senate leader,in office since February 2020. She previously served as co-deputy leader from May 2015 to July 2017 and again from December 2018 to June 2022.
Matthew Howard Taylor is an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Bateman from 2013 to 2017.
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.
Alexander McAllister Clydesdale MBE was an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia,as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1930 and as a member of the Legislative Council from 1932 to 1938.
Raymond Cecil Owen was an Australian agricultural scientist and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1944 to 1947 and again from 1950 to 1962. Owen was initially elected as an independent,but joined the Country Party in 1949.
Bicton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's southern suburbs,and named after the riverside suburb of Bicton.
Gertrude Ntiti Shope OMSS is a South African former trade unionist and politician.
Caitlin Mary Collins is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2021 state election,representing Hillarys. Prior to her election,Collins taught politics and history at local High Schools,including Scotch College.
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bicton in Western Australian state elections.