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Labor
Joined ALP
April 1983
Member
National Executive
National Conference
WA State and ACT branch Conference
WA State Executive and ACT Branch Council
WA Administrative Committee
National and State policy committees
President
ACT Young Labor |
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6 September 2008 |
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Cannington |
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Electorates
- MLA Cannington from 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Cannington (new seat) on 6 September 2008. Re-elected 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Office
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy from 27 January 2012 to 9 April 2013
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy, Mines and Petroleum from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015
- Shadow Minister for State Development, Energy, Mines and Petroleum; Ports from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017
- Minister for Asian Engagement; Housing; Electoral Affairs; Commerce and Industrial Relations from 17 March 2017 to 22 March 2017
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement from 22 March 2017 to 13 December 2018
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Industrial Relations from 13 December 2018 to 19 March 2021
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Corrective Services; Industrial Relations from 21 December 2021 to 8 June 2023
- Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy; Hydrogen Industry; Industrial Relations from 8 June 2023
Committees
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013. (Deputy Chairman from 26 November 2008)
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 9 May 2013 to 30 January 2017
- Member, Joint Audit Committee from 13 June 2013 to 30 January 2017
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Personal Information |
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11 August 1962 |
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Canberra, ACT, Australia |
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17 February 1988/1989 |
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Son of Henry Noel (Barney) Johnston (died 1965), bricklayer and farmer, and Carmel Mary Kelly (died 6 April 2008) |
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Married 14 January 1994, Crawley, WA to Kate Doust MLC daughter of Barry Doust and Esther Grogan
Children: one son and two daughters |
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Catholic |
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Educated St Joseph’s Parish Primary School, O’Connor, ACT
Darmalan College, Dickson, ACT
Sekolah Menengah Atas Negeri Nomor 2 Bandung (SMA 2) Senior Government High School No 2, Bandung
High school exchange student, Bandung, Indonesia from July 1981 to July 1982
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Union official |
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Apprentice fitter and turner, storeman, barman, courier from 1979 to 1983
Employee, Australian Public Service, 1983–1989
Industrial officer/industrial organiser, Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (WA)
Vice-president, Trades and Labour Council (WA), 1991–1997
Assistant state secretary, Australian Labor Party WA, 1998–2001
State secretary, Australian Labor Party WA, 2001–2008 |
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Member, Australian Services Union
National director and ACT Council deputy chairman, Australian Bicentennial Authority, 1985–1989
Founding governor, Bicentennial Youth Foundation, 1989–1991 |
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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. 136.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 27 May 2015.
Current Members Entry
Western Australian Government Gazette, Perth, Thursday, 8 June 2023. No. 69, Special.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 11 November 2008, p. 110–114. |
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