Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Member
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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 Barnett, Michael, Inaugural Speech, 1974.pdf |
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 Barnett, Michael, Valedictory Speech, 1996.pdf |
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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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29 December 2023 |
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Dementia |
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Waikiki, Western Australia |
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Collected at Rockingham Regional Memorial Park |
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 Barnett, Mike, Condolence Motion, Assembly, 2024.pdf |
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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
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 26 March 2024. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=1f86518c-3aaf-ee11-a569-6045bde4a5fd
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
 Vale Mike Barnett.pdf |