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Electorates
- MLA Victoria Park from 11 March 2006 (by-election) to 13 March 2021. Elected to the Thirty-Seventh Parliament for Victoria Park at the by-election on 11 March 2006 held to fill the vacancy consequent upon the resignation of Hon Dr Geoff Gallop. Re-elected 2008, 2013 and 2017. Did not contest the general election of 13 March 2021. Succeeded by Hannah Beazley (ALP).
Office
- Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Minister for Federal State Relations, Culture and the Arts from 26 September 2008 to 8 April 2009
- Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Minister for Federal State Relations from 8 April 2009 to 27 January 2012
- Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Native Title, Cost of Living from 27 January 2012 to 9 April 2013
- Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Native Title, Kimberley, Pilbara, Cost of Living from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015
- Shadow Treasurer; Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Native Title, Kimberley, Pilbara, Cost of Living; Government Accountability from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017
- Treasurer; Minister for Finance; Energy; Aboriginal Affairs from 17 March 2017 to 13 December 2018
- Treasurer; Minister for Finance; Aboriginal Affairs; Lands from 13 December 2018 to 13 March 2021
Committees
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 5 April 2006 to 7 September 2008
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 9 May 2013 to 30 January 2017 (Deputy Chair from 22 May 2013)
- Member, Joint Audit Committee from 13 June 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Member, Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition from 2 December 2014 to 26 March 2015
Historical Notes
- First Indigenous treasurer in an Australian parliament
- 16 November 2020, announced he will retire at March 2021 state election
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Aboriginal Intestate Estates Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 Legislative Assembly Second Reading - 20/06/2012
Electoral Amendment (Publicly Funded Advertising) Bill 2012 Legislative Assembly Second Reading - 15/08/2012 |
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Personal Information |
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1 April 1974 |
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Wewak, Papua New Guinea |
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Arrived in WA 1976 |
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Son of Cedric Morgan Wyatt, CEO Jigalong Community, and Janine Nowotna, teacher and librarian |
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Married 13 January 2007, Burswood, WA to Vivianne Truscello, daughter of Salvatore and Amalia Truscello
Children: two daughters |
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Catholic |
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Educated Kalgoorlie Catholic Primary School, Christian Brothers' College, Kalgoorlie Primary School, St Columbas College and Aquinas College
University of Western Australia—LLB
London School of Economics—MSc (distinction)
Graduated from Duntroon Military College 1996
GAICD (Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors)
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Lawyer |
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1T with 7 Field Battery and then 3 Field Regiment 1996–2000
Counsel Director of Public Prosecutions (WA) December 2004–January 2006
Barrister and solicitor in private practice |
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Awarded Town of Victoria Park Young Australian of the Year 2001 |
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Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Member, local Chamber of Commerce
Member, Rotary Victoria Park, Ambassadorial Scholarship 2001–2002
Awarded Town of Victoria Park Young Australian of the Year 2001
Director, Indigenous Business Australia
Deputy chair, Consumer Advisory Council |
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Bell, Frances, "WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt announces he will quit politics at March state election", ABC News, 16 November 2020:: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-16/treasurer-ben-wyatt-confirms-retirement-at-2021-wa-election/12888066. Accessed 16 November 2020.
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. 288.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 3 June 2015.
West Australian, 31 August 2009, p. 9 and 28 December 2009, p. 13 |
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