Colin James Barnett is an Australian former politician who was the 29th Premier of Western Australia. He concurrently served as the state's Treasurer at several points during his tenure and had previously held various other portfolios in Western Australia's Court–Cowan Ministry.
The Division of Cowan is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.
The Division of Pearce is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It was created at the 1989 redistribution and named after George Pearce,the longest serving member of the Australian Senate,serving from 1901 to 1938. For most of its existence,Pearce was a hybrid urban-rural seat that covered Perth's outer northern suburbs before fanning inland from the Indian Ocean to take in portions of the Wheatbelt southeast,east and northeast of the capital. However,as of the 2021 redistribution,Pearce is largely coterminous with the City of Wanneroo in Perth's northern suburbs. It has had four members:Fred Chaney,Judi Moylan,Christian Porter,and Tracey Roberts. The first three were members of the Liberal Party,whereas Roberts,a former mayor of Wanneroo,is a member of the Labor Party.
Balcatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands,which falls within its borders.
Robert Frank Johnson is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2017. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party,and served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from 2008 to 2012,but resigned from the party in 2016 to sit as an independent. He was defeated at the 2017 election.
Brendon John Grylls is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2017. Grylls became leader of the National Party in Western Australia from 2005 to 2013,and again from 2016,however he lost his seat at the state election in 2017.
David Alan Templeman is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia since 2001,representing the seat of Mandurah.
The Western Australian National Party,officially known as the National Party of Australia (WA) Inc,and branded as 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 have been the senior party in an opposition alliance with the WA Liberal Party in the state parliament.
Kim Desmond Hames is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments of Richard Court and Colin Barnett,and was deputy premier to Barnett from 2008 to 2016. Hames retired from parliament at the 2017 state election.
Andrea Ruth Mitchell was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2008 to 2017,representing the seat of Kingsley. She was a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from March 2016.
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.
The 2001 Western Australian state election was held on 10 February 2001.
Albert Paul Jacob is an Australian politician. He is the current mayor of the City of Joondalup. He was the member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Ocean Reef from 2008 to 2017,and the Minister for the Environment and Heritage in Colin Barnett's government. He had previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services;Seniors and Volunteering and Youth,from June 2012 to March 2013. His seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election and he was defeated contesting Burns Beach.
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.
Sean Kimberley L'Estrange is a former Australian politician. He was the Member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Churchlands from 2013 until 2021. He was the Minister for Finance;Minister for Mines and Petroleum;and Minister for Small Business in the Barnett-Liberal Government of Western Australia. In opposition he was the Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Emergency Services;Corrective Services;Defence Issues. He has also held the role of Manager of Opposition Business and other senior Shadow Ministerial portfolios such as Health,Mental Health,and Economic Development. His career background includes being a Senior Infantry Army Officer (Colonel) and Afghanistan veteran;a business leadership and management consultant;and Senior School Economics teacher and Head of Department.
The 1996 Western Australian state election was held on 14 December 1996.
Michael Nanovich was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1974 to 1983,representing the seats of Toodyay and Whitford.
Sabine Elisabeth Winton is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Wanneroo. She currently serves as a Minister for Early Childhood Education;Child Protection;Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services.
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.
