Member - Hon. Alannah Joan Geraldine MacTiernan, B.A., LL.B., B.Juris., JP

Hon. Alannah Joan Geraldine MacTiernan MLA BA, LLB, BJuris, JP
Shadow Minister for Regional Development; Strategic Infrastructure; Climate Change

House:	Legislative Assembly
Party:	Australian Labor Party
Electorate:	Armadale

Inaugural Speech:

Speeches by Hon. Alannah Joan Geraldine MacTiernan

Electorate Office:...

Unit 11,
2756 Albany Highway
Kelmscott WA 6111

Ph: (08) 9495 4877
Fax: (08) 9495 4866
Email: armadale@mp.wa.gov.au

Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook
MacTIERNAN, Hon Alannah Joan Geraldine, MLA
Member for Armadale
Australian Labor Party

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Thirty-Fourth Parliament for the East Metropolitan Region (Legislative Council) on 6 February 1993 for term commencing 22 May 1993. Resigned 21 November 1996. Elected to the Thirty-Fifth Parliament for Armadale on 14 December 1996 in succession to Hon Elsie Kay Hallahan (retired). Re-elected 2001, 2005, 2008.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Planning and Infrastructure from 16 February 2001 - 6 September 2008.

Shadow Ministerial Appointments

Shadow Minister for Productivity; Labour Relations; Legislative Council Spokesperson on Housing and Construction (from 23 January 1995) from 18 October 1994 to 18 March 1996.
Shadow Minister for Productivity; Labour Relations; Construction Industry (Housing Construction from 15 October 1996) from 18 March 1996 to 15 January 1997.
Shadow Minister for Transport; Fair Trading from 15 January 1997 to 4 August 1999.
Spokesperson for Transport; Planning from 5 August 1999 - 10 February 2001.
Shadow Minister for Regional Development; Strategic Infrastructure; Climate Change from 26 September 2008.

Standing Committees

Member Constitutional Affairs and Statutes Revision Committee from 3 August 1993 to 14 November 1996.
Member Public Accounts and Expenditure Review Committee from 11 March 1997 to 10 January 2001.
Member Joint House Committee from 20 March 1997 to 11 June 1998.
Member Joint Parliamentary Services Committee from 11 June 1998 to 24 November 1998.
Member Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 (Chairman from 26 November 2008).

PERSONAL

Birth

Born 10 January 1953, East Melbourne, Victoria.
Arrived in Western Australia, December 1971.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Parliament

BA, LLB, BJur. Solicitor — commercial.

ELECTORATE — SHORT DESCRIPTION

The electorate of Armadale is located in the East Metropolitan Region and includes the suburbs/towns of Armdale, Brookdale, Champion Lakes, Mt Nasura, Seville Grove, Westfield and parts of Forrestdale, Kelmscott, Mt Richon and Wungong.
Enrolment (30 January 2005) 23,071; area: 46 sq kms.