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Electorates
- MLA Cannington from 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Cannington (new seat) on 6 September 2008. Re-elected 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Office
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy from 27 January 2012 to 9 April 2013
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy, Mines and Petroleum from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy, Mines and Petroleum; Ports from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017
- Minister for Asian Engagement; Housing; Electoral Affairs; Commerce and Industrial Relations from 17 March 2017 to 22 March 2017
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement from 22 March 2017 to 13 December 2018
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations from 13 December 2018 to 19 March 2021
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services; Industrial Relations from 21 December 2021 to 8 June 2023
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Hydrogen Industry; Industrial Relations from 8 June 2023 to 8 December 2023
Committees
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013. (Deputy Chairman from 26 November 2008)
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 9 May 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Member, Joint Audit Committee from 13 June 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 20 March 2024 to present
Historical Notes
- Announced decision not to contest the 2025 state election, 30 November 2023
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Personal Information |
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17 February 1988/1989 |
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Union official |
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Apprentice fitter and turner, storeman, barman, courier from 1979 to 1983
Employee, Australian Public Service, 1983–1989
Industrial officer/industrial organiser, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (WA)
Vice-president, Trades and Labour Council (WA), 1991–1997
Assistant state secretary, Australian Labor Party WA, 1998–2001
State secretary, Australian Labor Party WA, 2001–2008 |
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Member, Australian Services Union
National director and ACT Council deputy chairman, Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1985–1989
Founding governor, Bicentennial Youth Foundation, 1989–1991 |
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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. 136.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 27 May 2015.
Western Australian Government Gazette, Perth, Thursday, 8 June 2023. No. 69, Special.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 11 November 2008, p. 110–114.
Zimmerman, Josh, "Bill Johnston: Energy Minister resigns from Cabinet, announces he will exit politics at 2025 election", West Australian, 30 November 2023, 1:11PM. |
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