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Nationals
Joined Nationals 17 August 2019
Independent
Announced resignation from the Liberal Party 24 July 2019
Liberal
Member
Liberal Party Walkaway branch six years
secretary five years
Member
O’Connor Division Executive two years
Observer and proxy
State Council two years |
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6 September 2008 |
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Geraldton |
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Electorates
- MLA Geraldton from 6 September 2008. Elected to the 38th Parliament for Geraldton on 6 September 2008 in succession to Shane Robin Hill (defeated). Re-elected 2013 and 2017. Defeated at the general election of 13 March 2021 by Lara Dalton (ALP).
Office
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 16 April 2013 to 5 December 2013
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 19 May 2014 to 23 May 2014
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 8 June 2015 to 12 June 2015
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 23 August 2016 to 30 January 2017
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 16 May 2017 to 7 December 2020
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; Fisheries from 25 March 2017 to 16 April 2018
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food; Fisheries from 16 April 2018 to 27 June 2019
- Shadow Minister for Lands; Aboriginal Affairs; Fisheries from 27 June 2019 to to 24 July 2019
Committees
- Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 to 25 March 2011
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 25 March 2011 to 30 January 2013
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 9 May 2013 to 30 January 2017 (Chair from 15 May 2013 to 30 January 2017)
- Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee from 23 May 2017 to 24 July 2019
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 23 May 2017 to 7 December 2020
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 20 June 2017 to 1 November 2018
- Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 13 August 2020 to 29 January 2021
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Personal Information |
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2 February 1962 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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Son of Gordon Blayney, farmer, and Joan Tasma George, trainee nurse and home duties |
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Married 11 January 1997, Perth, WA, Barbara Royal House, daughter of Maurice Pell House and Margaret Jean Stewart
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Educated Geraldton Primary School, Rangeway Primary School, John Willcock High School and Guildford Grammar School
Muresk Agricultural College—Assoc Dip in Agric (farm management)
Certificates in fluency (Indonesian and German)
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Farmer |
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Farmer at Erabu (east of Geraldton), wheat, lupins and merino sheep
Part-time research consultant Grains Research and Development Corporation |
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Member, WA Farmers Federation, branch secretary, zone vice-president grains councillor
Member, Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Member, Advisory Committee Geraldton Mid-West Development Authority
Private, Geraldton unit, Army Reserve
Parish councillor, Geraldton Anglican Parish
Trustee, Anglican Diocese of North-West Australia |
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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, WA, 2010, p. 19.
"Ian Blayney quits WA Liberal Party as Member for Geraldton, looks to join Nationals", ABC News Online, 24 July 2019, accessed 24 July 2019.
"Nationals accept Geraldton MP Ian Blayney into fold after Liberal Party defection", ABC News Online, 17 August 2019, accessed 19 August 2019.
Parliament of Western Australia. Current Members. Accessed May 2017. |
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