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Hon Dr Tony Buti MLA

Attorney General; Minister for Commerce; Tertiary and International Education; Multicultural Interests

BPE (Hons); DipEd; MIR; LLB (Hons); DPhil




Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

BUTI, Hon. Dr Antonio (Tony) De Paulo, MLA
Member for Armadale
Australian Labor Party


PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Armadale, at the by-election of 2 October 2010, held to fill the vacancy consequent upon the resignation of Alannah Joan Geraldine MacTiernan.
Re-elected 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Finance; Lands; Sports and Recreation; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021.
Minister for Finance; Aboriginal Affairs; Racing and Gaming; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from 21 December 2021 to 14 December 2022.
Minister for Education; Aboriginal Affairs; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from 14 December 2022 to 19 March 2025.
Attorney General; Minister for Commerce; Tertiary and International Education; Multicultural Interests from 19 March 2025.

Shadow Ministerial Appointments

Opposition Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General from 2 May 2012 to 19 April 2013.
Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Services; Child Protection; Mental Health; Education; Multicultural Interests from 19 April 2013 to 3 December 2013.
Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Multicultural Interests from 19 April 2013 to 19 December 2013.
Opposition Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition; Children's Interests; Education; Multicultural Interests from 19 December 2013 to 17 March 2017.

Standing Committees

Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 9 May 2013 to 30 January 2017, (Deputy Chair from 12 November 2014).
Member, Public Accounts Committee from 23 May 2017 to 29 January 2021, (Chair from 24 May 2017).
Member, Joint Standing Committee on Audit from 13 June 2017 to 29 January 2021, (Deputy Chair from 16 August 2017).


PERSONAL

Qualifications and occupation before entering Parliament

BPE (Hons); DipEd; MIR; LLB (Hons); DPhil.
Legal Academic.


ARMADALE - ELECTORATE PROFILE


The electorate of Armadale includes all or parts of the City of Armadale.

Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Armadale, Camillo, Champion Lakes, Kelmscott, Mt Nasura, Mt Richon and Seville Grove.

Enrolment - 32,680 (2025)

Area - 40 km²

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