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Mr Ian Maxwell Britza
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Birth | | Date: 7 May 1954
Place: Como, Western Australia |
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Parents |  | Son of William Arthur Britza, missionary and Baptist minister, and Beryl Joyce Morahan, missionary |
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Marriage and Family |  | Married (1)
Divorced September 2002
Married (2) 12 July 2003, Fort Worth, Texas, USA to Penny Kay Pearson, daughter of Irvin Carl Pearson and Alva Joyce Austin
Children: three sons |
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Religion |  | Christian |
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Education |  | Educated Bayswater (1961), Kojonup (1962–1963), Woodanilling (1964) and Katanning (1965–1966) primary schools; Cyril Jackson Junior High School (1966–1969), Liverpool Boys Senior High School (1970–1972), NSW
2nd year Rhema Bible Training Centre (1981–1982)
Dip Recreation officer |
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Occupation |  | Salesperson, businessperson and priest |
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Employment History |  | Research officer, NSW Department of Sport and Recreation 1973–1975
Electronic organ salesman 1975–1980
Pastor, youth pastor and principal of Christian Primary School 1981–2002
Business proprietor, director Reformation Enterprises 2002–2008 |
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House |  | MLA |
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Party |  | Liberal |
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Date Elected |  | 6 September 2008 |
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Speeches |  | Search for speeches by Ian Britza |
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Year Retired/Resigned |  | 2017 |
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Electorate |  | Morley |
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Parliamentary Service |  | Electorates
- MLA for Morley from 6 September 2008–11 March 2008. Elected to the Thirty-eighth Parliament for Morley (new seat) on 6 September 2008. Re-elected 2013. Defeated at the general election of 11 March 2017 for the seat of Morley by Amber-Jade Sanderson (ALP).
Office
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 9 August 2012–30 January 2013
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 16 April 2013–30 January 2017
Committees
- Member Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 13 November 2008–30 January 2013
- Member Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 9 May 2013–19 August 2014 (Deputy Chairman from 15 May 2013 to 19 August 2014)
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Background/Membership |  | In NSW 1970–1972
In 2004 published The Absalom Spirit dealing with disloyalty |
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References |  | 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. 27.
Parliament of Western Australia. Former Members, accessed 17 May 2017. |
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