Brian Thomas Burke is an Australian former politician who was the 23rd premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 to his resignation on 25 February 1988. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 30 March 1973 to 25 February 1988,representing the electoral districts of Balga and Balcatta at various points,and was the leader of the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia from 18 September 1981 to 25 February 1988. Burke studied law at the University of Western Australia for one year before dropping out. During the 1960s and early 1970s,he worked as a journalist for The West Australian newspaper,6PM radio station,and Seven News Perth. He was elected to Parliament at the 1973 Balcatta state by-election,becoming one of the most popular local members over the following years. In 1981,he became the leader of the Labor Party in a leadership spill. He led the Labor Party to its first election victory since 1971 at the 1983 Western Australian state election,defeating the Liberal-National government of Ray O'Connor.
John Trezise Tonkin was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. A member of the Labor Party,Tonkin had been a minister in the John Willcock,Frank Wise and Bert Hawke governments,and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from April 1933 to February 1977,making him the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Western Australia as of 2021.
Maylands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Maylands is named for the inner northeastern Perth suburb of Maylands,which falls within its borders.
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.
Terence Joseph Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He held the seat between 1968 and 1987. In 1974,with the Labor Party in Opposition,he was a member of the Tonkin shadow ministry. He is the elder brother of former premier Brian Burke and both are sons of former federal shadow cabinet member Tom Burke.
Sir Henry Keith Watson was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a leader of the Western Australian secession movement in the 1930s,holding office in the Dominion League of Western Australia. He was a prominent campaigner in the 1933 secession referendum and served on the delegation to the British parliament which ultimately failed to achieve the movement's aims. Watson later represented the Liberal Party in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1948 to 1968. He was a tax accountant by profession and a long-serving chairman of the Perth Building Society.
A political family of Australia is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics,particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
Joseph Max Berinson was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Australian House of Representatives and the Western Australian Legislative Council. He was Minister for the Environment in the Whitlam government for several months in 1975,later serving a decade as Attorney-General of Western Australia.
Frederick Walter Collard was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1975,representing the Western Australian seat of Kalgoorlie. He was a gold miner and Australian Workers' Union official before entering parliament.
Charles Harry Webb was an Australian politician and trade unionist. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1954 to 1958 and from 1961 to 1972,representing Western Australian seats. He later served as administrator of Christmas Island from 1974 to 1975.
Balga was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1983 to 1989.
Herbert Ernst Graham was an Australian politician.
Alexander Donald Taylor AM was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1984,representing the electoral district of Cockburn. He served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin,including as deputy premier from 1973 to 1974. Taylor later served as Administrator of Christmas Island from 1986 to 1990.
Hywel David Evans AM was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989,representing the seat of Warren. He was a deputy leader of the party on two occasions,and was a minister in the governments of John Tonkin and Brian Burke.
Thomas Daniel Evans was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1956 to 1980,representing the seat of Kalgoorlie. He served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin,including as treasurer and attorney-general.
Gabriel Thomas Dadour was an Australian politician and doctor. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Subiaco from February 1971 to February 1986,representing the Liberal Party until 1984,when he resigned from the party and became an independent. He was also a Subiaco City Councillor from 1966 to 1978. He was known for often voting against his own party in Parliament and speaking out against his party and its leader.
William Patrick was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1930 to 1943,representing the seat of Greenough. He was deputy leader of the Country Party from 1936 to 1943.
Henry Kennedy Maley was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 to 1924 and again from 1929 to 1930. He was the state leader of the Country Party from 1922 to 1923,and a minister in the government of Sir James Mitchell from 1921 to 1924.
A by-election for the seat of Balcatta in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 28 July 1973. It was triggered by the resignation of Herb Graham,the deputy premier in the Labor government of John Tonkin,on 30 May 1973.
A by-election for the seat of Ascot in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 13 November 1971. It was triggered by the death of Merv Toms,the serving Labor member and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly,on 8 October 1971.
