Members’ biographical register

Ms Lara Dalton

House

MLA

Party

Labor
Member Geraldton branch WA Labor Party from 2014 to April 2021
President from 2014 to April 2021

Date first elected

13 March 2021

Year Retired/Resigned

2025

Electorate(s)

Geraldton

Inaugural Speech

Inaugural Video

Valedictory Video

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA for Geraldton from 13 March 2021 to 8 March 2025. Elected to the Forty-First Parliament for Geraldton on 13 March 2021, in succession to Ian Charles Blayney (defeated). Defeated at the general election of 8 March 2025 by Kirrilee Warr (Nat).
Contested Geraldton, 2017

Committees

Member, Public Accounts Committee from 21 February 2023 to 29 January 2025
Member, Joint Standing Committee on Audit from 21 February 2023 to 29 January 2025

Personal Information

Occupation

Lecturer

Employment History

Owner/operator, Salt Dish Cafe 2009-2014 Lecturer, Central Regional TAFE (formally Durack Institute of Technology) 1999-2021

Background/Membership

Member, State School Teacher Union WA, current
Board member, Mid West Development Commission, from June 2017 to 2018, Deputy Chair Mid West Development Commission, 2018-2020
Director, Mid West Ports Authority Board, 2019-2021
Board secretary, Leaning Tree Community School Governing Body 2008-2013, Board chair 2014-2016; Board member, 2018-2020
Board member, Short Term Accommodation for Youth (STAY) 2016-2017, Vice chair, 2017-2019, Chair 2019-2020
Deputy chair, Funtavia Inc Board, 2017-2019
Community member, Geraldton Senior High School Board from 2020 to current

Further Information