Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Greens WA
Member since 1989, former Joint Convenor |
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22 May 2001 |
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Mining and Pastoral |
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State
Electorates
- MLC Mining and Pastoral Region from 22 May 2001 to 21 May 2005 and from 22 May 2009 to present. Elected to the Thirty-Sixth Parliament for Mining and Pastoral Region on 10 February 2001 (for term commencing 22 May 2001). Defeated 26 February 2005 (term concluded 21 May 2005). Re-elected 2008, 2013, 2017 for terms commencing 22 May. Did not contest the general election of 13 March 2021.
- Contested Mining and Pastoral Region, 26 February 2005
Committees
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 28 June 2001 to 21 May 2005
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 11 April 2002 to 21 May 2005
- Co-opted Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee from 13 June 2002 to 21 May 2005
- Member, Select Committee on the Reserves (Reserve 43131) Bill 2003 from 25 June 2003 to 18 November 2004
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 4 June 2009 to 4 April 2011. (Deputy Chairman 8 June 2009 to 4 April 2011).
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 20 September 2012 to 21 May 2013
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 23 May 2013 to 16 October 2013
- Deputy Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 16 October 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Deputy Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 16 October 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Deputy Chair of Committees from 23 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 15 June 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Member, Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices from 23 August 2017 to 23 August 2018
- Member, Select Committee into Mining on Pinjin Station from 22 August 2018 to 14 May 2020
Historical Notes
- 16 September 2020 announced had been diagnosed with asbestosis and would not recontest his seat at the March 2021 election
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Kalgoorlie 24 March 1990, 13 March 1993, 3 October 1998
- Contested Senate 2 March 1996
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Burrup Peninsula (Crown Land) Bill 2002 Bill Lapsed - 23 January 2005
Environmental Protection Amendment (Banning Plastic Bags and Other Things) Bill 2018 Legislative Council Second Reading - 29 March 2018
Litter Amendment (Balloons) Bill 2018 Legislative Council Second Reading - 29 March 2018
Mining (Community Protection) Amendment Bill 2015 Legislative Council Second Reading - 3 December 2015
Pilbara Port Assets (Disposal) Repeal Bill 2017 Legislative Council Second Reading - 15 June 2017
Prevention of Forced Closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities Bill 2016 Legislative Council Second Reading - 30 June 2016
Prevention of Forced Closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities Bill 2017 Legislative Council Second Reading - 15 June 2017
Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (REFiT WA) Bill 2010 Second reading not agreed to - 8 September 2011
Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2002 Bill Lapsed - 23 January 2005
Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2010 Second reading not agreed to - 23 September 2010 |
Inaugural Speech |
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Personal Information |
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11 February 1947 |
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Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
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8 November 1974 |
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Son of Charles Frederick Chapple, stockbroker, and Dorothy Margaret Savage |
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Married 20 February 1981, Alice Springs to Anna Laila Orum Skjoldborg
Children: one daughter
Divorced January 1988 |
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Not stated |
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Newells Preparatory School, Sussex and Kingsland Public School, Devon
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Research officer and coordinator |
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Environmental consultant (Principal of Chapple Research)
Fitter, BHP at Port Hedland
Advisor, Papanya, Fink and Yirkalla in Northern Territory
Coordinator, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of WA
Research officer, Premier and Cabinet
Research officer, Hon Giz Watson |
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Port Hedland Town Council 1986–1994 |
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Member, Community and Public Sector Union
Chairman, North West Games 1988
Member, Board Pundulmarra Aboriginal College |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 44.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 20 May 2015. |
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