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This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004, as elected at the 2001 federal election. [1]
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This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2001, as elected at the 1998 election.
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David William Black is a Western Australian historian. He has lectured and written extensively on Australian and Western Australian history, especially political history. He was Professor in History and Politics in the School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages at Curtin University of Technology until his retirement in 2002, and is now professor emeritus. He is currently Chairperson of the Parliamentary History Advisory Committee, and a Parliamentary Fellow (History). He has had numerous publications and considerable media exposure in regard to parliamentary history in Western Australia.
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Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Geoff Gallop, won a second term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Colin Barnett.
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Wallace Clyde Fife was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales Government and Federal Government.
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