Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Member of Australian Labor Party from 1970 |
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30 March 1974 |
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Rockingham |
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Electorates
- MLA Rockingham 30 March 1974–14 December 1996
Office
- Shadow Minister for Lands and Forests, Conservation and Environment 1977–1978; for Conservation and Environment, Fisheries and Wildlife 1980–1983
- Speaker 10 June 1986–17 June 1993
Committees
- Chairman of Committees 22 March 1983–19 February 1986
- Member Joint House Committee 1983–1993 Chairman from 1986
- Member Parliamentary Standards Committee 1989
- Member Standing Orders Committee 22 June 1993–14 November 1996
- Chairman Select Committee on Adoption of Children Amendment Bill 7 December 1983–11 October 1984
- Chairman Select Committee on Child Migration 2 July 1996–14 November 1996
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Personal Information |
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24 January 1946 |
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Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrived in WA December 1958 |
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Not stated |
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Educated Trescobeas Secondary School, Falmouth, England; Fairbridge Farm Primary School, Pinjarra and Pinjarra High School
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Businessperson |
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Caravan park proprietor after 1967
Director Palm Beach Caravan Park Pty Ltd |
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Member of the Order of Australia
(AM) awarded 26 January 2006 for service to the Parliament of Western Australia and to the community of Rockingham
Awarded Centenary of Federation Medal 2003
Awarded Jubilee Medal from Queen 1977 |
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Chairman Fire and Emergency Services Authority January 2004–28 April 2008 |
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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. 10
Parliament of Western Australia website / Former Members accessed May 2010
Who's Who in Australia (1988)
Speakers and Presidents |
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Speaker Statement, 'Unparliamentary behaviour', Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 11 June 1986, p. 79-80.
 19860611_Assembly_SpeakerStatement_Barnett.pdf |