Sir Billy Mackie Snedden,was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1975. He was also a cabinet minister from 1964 to 1972,and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1983.
John Douglas Anthony PC was an Australian politician. He served as leader of the National Party of Australia from 1971 to 1984 and was the second and longest-serving deputy prime minister,holding the position under John Gorton (1971),William McMahon (1971–1972) and Malcolm Fraser (1975–1983).
Robert Francis McMullan is a former Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he was a cabinet minister in the Keating government as Minister for Arts and Administrative Services (1993–1994) and Minister for Trade (1994–1996). He was a member of federal parliament for over 22 years,initially as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1988 to 1996 and then as a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2010. Prior to entering parliament he was state secretary of the ALP in Western Australia from 1975 to 1981 and national secretary from 1981 to 1988.
Kathryn Jean Martin Sullivan AM is an Australian former politician. A member of the Liberal Party,she was a Senator for Queensland from 1974 to 1984 and a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 2001,holding the seat of Moncrieff. She broke Dorothy Tangney's record for the longest period of service in federal parliament by a woman,which was later surpassed by Bronwyn Bishop. She was the first woman to have served in both houses of parliament.
Raymond James O'Connor was an Australian politician who served as the premier of Western Australia from 25 January 1982 to 25 February 1983. He was a member of the Parliament of Western Australia from 1959 to 1984,and a minister in the governments of David Brand and Charles Court. O'Connor was born in Perth and attended schools in the Wheatbelt towns of Narrogin and York as well as St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth,leaving school at the age of 14. He competed in athletics and played Australian rules football as a teenager and young adult,including playing 14 matches for East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League. During World War II,he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force in New Britain and Bougainville.
The electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia,with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly.
Frederick Michael Chaney,AO is an Australian former politician who was deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1989 to 1990 and served as a minister in the Fraser government. He was a Senator for Western Australia from 1974 to 1990,and then served a single term in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993.
Peter Drew Durack,QC was an Australian politician,representing the Liberal Party. He rose to become Attorney-General of Australia.
Sir Ransley Victor Garland KBE,usually known as Vic Garland,was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981,representing the Liberal Party,and served as a minister in the McMahon and Fraser governments. He later served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1983.
Wendy Frances Fatin is a retired Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the first woman from Western Australia elected to the House of Representatives,representing the division of Canning (1983–1984) and Brand (1984–96). She held ministerial office in the Hawke and Keating governments,serving as Minister for Local Government (1990–1991),Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (1990–1993),and Minister for the Arts and Territories (1991–1993).
Ross Malcolm McLean,AM is a former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,representing the Division of Perth,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.
George Gear is a former Australian politician. As of February 2022,he is the mayor of the City of Melville in Western Australia,and had previously served from 1983 to 1996 in Federal Parliament including as Assistant Treasurer under the Keating government.
Peter David Falconer is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,representing the seat of Casey for the Liberal Party.
The 1967 Roe state by-election was a by-election held on 2 September 1967 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Roe in the southeastern agricultural part of the state.
William Gordon Young was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1967 and 1974,representing the seat of Roe.
Barry James Hodge is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1977 to 1989,representing the seat of Melville.
Charles Prangle Wansbrough was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1914 to 1917 and from 1924 to 1930,representing the seat of Beverley.
James Isaac Mann was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1930 to 1962. He represented two Wheatbelt electorates,holding the seat of Beverley from 1930 to 1950 and the seat of Avon Valley from 1950 to 1962,and at various times sat for the Country Party,the Nationalist Party,the Liberal Party,and as an independent.
