Parliamentary Service |
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Labor
Secretary Boulder branch of Australian Labor Party 1971–1972, Armadale–Kelmscott branch 1976
Member State Executive 1973 and 1977–1998 |
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19 February 1977 |
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Gosnells |
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Electorates
- MLA Gosnells 19 February 1977–19 February 1983; Armadale 19 February 1983–6 February 1993
Office
- Deputy Opposition Whip 1977–1980
- Shadow Minister for Education, Women’s Interests, and Cultural Affairs (until September 1981) 1980–February 1983
- Minister for Education, Planning (from 20 December 1984), and Police and Emergency Services (12 May 1986–25 July 1986) 25 February 1983–4 August 1987
- Minister for Education, Planning, and Intergovernmental Relations 4 August 1987–25 February 1988
- Minister for Transport, Planning, Parliamentary and Electoral Reform, and Intergovernmental Relations 25 February 1988–28 February 1989
- Minister for Transport, Environment, and Parliamentary and Electoral Reform 28 February 1989–19 February 1990
- Minister for Environment, Conservation and Land Management, and Waterways 19 February 1990–14 March 1990
- Minister for the Environment 14 March 1990–21 October 1992
- Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly 26 February 1986–21 October 1992
Committees
- Member Library Committee 1977–1980
- Chairman Select Committee on a Matter of Privilege 1986
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Attended Commonwealth Parliamentary Association seminar on Parliamentary Procedure and Practice at Westminster, United Kingdom, 1981
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Personal Information |
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24 February 1946 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Son of Ronald Malcolm Pearce, professional fisherman, and Betty Mary Crain |
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Married 19 January 1969, St Martin’s Church, Kensington to Barbara Joy Collins, daughter of Clifford Arthur Collins and Edith Violet Barnett
Children: one son
One time brother-in-law of Eric Stephen Ripper |
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Not stated |
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Educated Bayswater Primary School, Hobart High School, Tasmania (1959–1961) and Governor Stirling Senior High School 1962–1963
Claremont Teachers College and University of Western Australia 1966–1969—BA, Dip Ed
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Teacher |
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Secondary school teacher at Eastern Goldfields Senior High School 1970–1972, Bentley Senior High School 1973–1974 and Lynwood Senior High School (Senior Master English) 1975–1977
After leaving politics consultant and political commentator 1993–1998
Executive Director Forest Industries Federation from 1998 |
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School captain at Governor Stirling Senior High School 1963
Secretary Guild of Undergraduates at University of Western Australia, also vice-president on two occasions and hon Life Associate from 1969
President National Union of Australian University Students 1969
Member State School Teachers' Union, vice-president 1976
Member WA State Debating Team 1965, captain 1977–1982
Co-founder Princess May Community Education Centre, Fremantle |
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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. 207.
Education Circular, Vol. 85, No. 3 April 1983.
Transcript of interview with Ronda Jamieson 2006–2007, (State Library and WA Parliament Library)
WA Education News, Vol. 3 No. 2, 3 March 1982.
Western Mail, 16–17 June 1984. |
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 Pearce, Robert John, Oral History.pdf |