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Electorates
- MLA Kwinana from 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Kwinana (new seat) on 6 September 2008. Re-elected 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 26 September 2008 to 17 March 2017
Office
- Shadow Minister for Health, Mental Health, Indigenous Affairs from 26 September 2008 to 27 January 2012
- Shadow Minister for Health from 27 January 2012 to 9 April 2013
- Shadow Minister for Health, Science from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015
- Shadow Minister for Health from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017
- Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health from 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021
- Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Medical Research; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Science from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021
- Deputy Premier; Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Tourism; Commerce; Science from 21 December 2021 to 14 December 2022
- Deputy Premier; Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Hydrogen Industry; Tourism; Science from 14 December 2022 to 8 June 2023
- Premier; Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade; Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations from 8 June 2023
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Butane Products Control Bill 2009 Second reading not agreed to - 23/2/2011
No Privatisation of Hospitals and Schools Bill 2010 Second reading not agreed to - 17/11/2010
No Privatisation of Midland Health Campus Bill 2011 Second reading not agreed to - 28/3/2012
Radiation Safety Amendment Bill 2014 Bill discharged from Notice Paper under Standing Order 144A - 16/2/2016
Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill 2013 Assented to - 16/11/2016 |
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Personal Information |
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20 August 1965 |
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Cottesloe, Western Australia |
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Son of Dr Hugh David Cook, child psychiatrist, and Lynette Ada Owen, early childhood educator |
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Married (1) 15 December 1990, Claremont, Western Australia to Jo-Ann Gaye Whalley
Children: one son and one daughter
Divorced 27 July 2008
Married (2) 1 October 2010, Burleigh Heads, Queensland to Carly Lane |
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Claremont Demonstration School
Scotch College
Murdoch University—Bachelor of Arts (BA) (public admin)
Curtin University—Grad Dip Bus (public relations)
Curtin University—MBA, 2006–2010
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Manager |
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Employee, several ALP MPs' offices: Stephen Smith MHR, James McGinty MLA and Senator Chris Evans
Policy coordinator, WA Aboriginal Native Title Working Group from 2001
CEO, Yamatji Marlpa Bana Baba Maaja Aboriginal Corporation, 2001–2003
Manager, Government Relations and Communication, SW Aboriginal Land and Sea Council, 2004
State manager, CPR Communication and Public Relations, May 2004–May 2008 |
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Member, Public Relations Institute of Australia
Member, United Voice (previously Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union)
National President, Australians for Native and Reconciliation until 2008
Member, WA Under 18 Rugby Union touring team, United Kingdom, 1982–1983
Active in triathlons |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 49.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 20 May 2015.
Western Australian Government Gazette, Perth, Thursday, 8 June 2023. No. 69, Special. |
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