Mr Chris Tallentire MLA
Former Member for the Electorate of Thornlie
BAgribus (Hons)
Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook
TALLENTIRE, Christopher (Chris) John, MLA
Former Member for Thornlie
Australian Labor Party
PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE
Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Gosnells (new seat) on 6 September 2008.
Re-elected 2013. Electorate abolished in the 2015 redistribution of seats.
Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for Thornlie (new seat) on 11 March 2017.
Re-elected 2021.
Did not contest the general election of 8 March 2025. Succeeded by Colleen Egan (ALP).
Ministerial Appointments
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Water; Fisheries; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science from 17 March 2017 to 20 December 2019.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Water; Forestry; Innovation and ICT; Science; Youth from 20 December 2019 to 19 March 2021.
Shadow Ministerial Appointments
Shadow Minister for Environment; Climate Change; Lands from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015.
Shadow Minister for Environment; Climate Change from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017.
Standing Committees
Member, Public Accounts Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013.
Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 12 May 2021 to 29 January 2025, (Chair from 26 May 2021).
Select Committees
Member, Joint Select Committee on Palliative Care in Western Australia from 28 May 2020 to 19 November 2020, (Chair from 28 May 2020).
Parliamentary Party Appointments
Vice President, State Parliamentary Labor Party from 25 November 2008 to 29 April 2021.
President, State Parliamentary Labor Party from 29 April 2021 to 17 March 2025.
THORNLIE - ELECTORATE PROFILE
The electorate of Thornlie is located in the East Metropolitan Region and includes all or parts of the City of Gosnells.
Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Gosnells, Kenwick, Maddington, Martin and Thornlie.
Enrolment - 29,687 (11 February 2021)
Area - 28 km²