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Electorates
- MLA for Stirling from 26 February 2005 to 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Seventh Parliament for Stirling on 26 February 2005 in succession to Montague Grant House (retired). Electorate abolished in the redistribution of 2007.
- MLA for Blackwood–Stirling from 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Blackwood-Stirling (new seat) on 6 September 2008. Electorate abolished in the redistribution of 2011.
- MLA for Warren-Blackwood from 9 March 2013 to 13 March 2021. Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for Warren-Blackwood (new seat) on 9 March 2013. Re-elected 2017. Defeated at the general election of 13 March 2021 by Jane Kelsbie (ALP).
Office
- Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Minister Assisting the Minister for Education from 23 September 2008 to 14 December 2010
- Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Corrective Services from 14 December 2010 to 29 June 2012
- Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry from 29 June 2012 to 12 July 2012
- Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Housing from 12 July 2012 to 21 March 2013
- Minister for Training and Workforce Development, Water, Forestry from 21 March 2013 to 11 December 2013
- Minister for Regional Development, Lands, Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development from 11 December 2013 to 17 March 2017
- National Party spokesperson on Agriculture
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia (WA) from 19 March to 19 November 2013
- Leader of the National Party of Australia (WA) from 19 November 2013 to 9 August 2016
Committees
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 7 April 2005 to 7 August 2008
- Co-opted member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee inquiry into the Production and Marketing of Foodstuffs from 1 June 2005 to 30 March 2006
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 23 May 2017 to 29 January 2021. (Deputy Chair from 4 February 2020 to to 29 January 2021)
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Health (Fresh Produce - State or Territory of Origin) Amendment Bill 2005 Referred to the Economics and Industry Standing Committee - 29/06/2005 |
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Personal Information |
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Teacher and businessperson |
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School teacher 1986–2003:
Camballin, Needilup, Doodlakine and Meckering primary schools
Goomalling District High School
Lockridge and Esperance senior high schools
Narrogin Agricultural College, 1986–1988 and 1990–1994
Morawa Agricultural High School, 1989
Principal, Denmark Agricultural High School, 1995–2003
Small businessman, 2004–February 2005 |
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Former member, Teachers’ Union, Agriculture Educators Association of WA and WA Secondary Schools Executive Association
Captain, Morawa and Denmark Tennis Clubs
Member, committee Denmark Golf Club |
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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. 221.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 2 June 2015. |