Lorna Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | John Quigley |
| Constituency | Butler |
| City of Bayswater Councillor | |
| In office October 2017 –January 2025 | |
| Constituency | West Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sheffield,United Kingdom |
| Political party | Labor |
| Website | lornaclarke |
Lorna Clarke is an Australian politician from the Labor Party who is member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Butler. She won her seat at the 2025 Western Australian state election. [1]
Born in Sheffield,England,Clarke moved to Sydney as a baby. [2] She has been a corporate lawyer,lecturer in law at Curtin University and President of the WA Labor Party. [2]
Clarke was elected to the West Ward of the City of Bayswater council in October 2017. [3] [4] She was a senior adviser to Police Minister Michelle Roberts at the time,which meant she was not allowed to campaign on police or crime issues. [5] She was re-elected in October 2021. [6] [7]
Ahead of the 2025 Western Australian state election,Clarke was considered likely to nominate for the seat of Landsdale to replace Margaret Quirk,but after Daniel Pastorelli joined the Right faction,the same faction as Clarke and Quirk, [8] Clarke instead nominated for Butler,to succeed the retiring member John Quigley. [9]
In January 2025,Clarke resigned as councillor in the City of Bayswater to campaign in the state election. [10] She ended retaining the seat of Butler for Labor.