Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA for Morley 6 February 1993–14 December 1996 (constituency abolished in redistribution). Elected to the Thirty-fourth Parliament for Morley on 6 February 1993 in succession to Francis Anthony Donovan (retired). Electorate abolished in redistribution 1994.
- MLA for Bassendean 14 December 1996–26 February 2005. Elected to the Thirty-fifth Parliament for Bassendean (new seat) on 14 December 1996. Re-elected 2001. Retired before general election 2005 and succeeded by Martin Paul Whitely (ALP).
Office
- Minister for State Development, Small Business, Goldfields–Esperance (until 1 July 2001), and Tourism (from 6 March 2001) 16 February 2001–27 June 2003
- Minister for State Development 27 June 2003–10 March 2005
- Shadow Minister for Community Development, Corrective Services, Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs (until 18 October 1994), and Justice (from 18 October 1994) 7 February 1994–18 March 1996; for Community Development, Justice (until 15 October 1996), Youth, and Public Sector Management 18 March 1996–15 January 1997; and for Commerce and Trade, Small Business, Tourism (until 4 August 1999) and Science and Technology (from 4 August 1999) 15 January 1997–15 February 2001
- President Parliamentary Labor Party February 1993–February 1994
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 21 October 1993–8 June 1994
- Member Public Accounts and Expenditure Review Committee 19 August 1993–14 November 1996
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Prisons (Pyrton) Amendment Bill 2000 Reinstated to the stage reached in the previous Session - 9/8/2000
Prisons (Pyrton) Amendment Bill 2000 Legislative Assembly Second Reading - 14/6/2000
Public Scrutiny of Bills and Regulations Bill 1997 Legislative Assembly Second Reading - 26/11/1997
Public Scrutiny of Bills and Regulations Bill 1997 Reinstated to the stage reached in the previous Session - 9/8/2000
Public Scrutiny of Bills and Regulations Bill 1997 Reinstated to the stage reached in the previous Session - 12/8/1998
Public Scrutiny of Bills and Regulations Bill 1997 Reinstated to the stage reached in the previous Session - 11/8/1999
Public Sector Management Amendment Bill 1997 Second reading not agreed to - 22/10/1997 |
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Personal Information |
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31 December 1946 |
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Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrived in WA 28 February 1956 |
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Son of Arthur William Brown, fitter and turner/nurse assistant, and Kitty Alexandra Brown |
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Married
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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North Innaloo Primary School
Scarborough Senior High School
Apprentice optical mechanic, 1963–1968
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Union official |
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Optical mechanic, 1968–1969
Union organiser, 1970–1971
Union research officer, 1971–1972
Assistant secretary, 1973–1974
Union secretary, Western Australian Prison Officers Union and Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union, 1974–1985
Secretary, Trades and Labour Council (TLC) of Western Australia, 1985–1992
Compensation officer, 1992
Director, TLC Building Society, Phosphate Resources NL |
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM) awarded 26 January 2023 for significant service to the Parliament of Western Australia, and to industrial relations |
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Member, Federated Miscellaneous Workers Union
Committee member, Project Employ Youth, Lockridge Community Group, North East Training Association
Resident, Bassendean in 2010
Co-director and consultant to Australian Governments and mining business interests
Chairman, Commonwealth–State group investigating health and safety issues in the mining industry
Lived in South Australia 1971–1974 |
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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. 27. |
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