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Dr Janet May Woollard MLA
RN, BAppSc, MEd, PhD, LLB, JP
House:
Legislative Assembly
Party:
Independent
Inaugural Speech:
Speeches by Dr Janet May Woollard
Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook
WOOLLARD, Dr Janet May, MLA
Former Member for Alfred Cove
Independent Liberal
PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE
Elected to the Thirty-Sixth Parliament for Alfred Cove on 10 February 2001 in succession to Hon Douglas James Shave (defeated).
Re-elected 2005, 2008. Defeated by Dean Nalder in the general election of 9 March 2013.
Standing Committees
Co-opted Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee for the purposes of reviewing the
Children and Community Services Amendment (Body Piercing) Bill 2007
from 7 May 2008 to dissolution of the Committee on 7 August 2008.
Member Education and Health Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013. (Chairman from 26 November 2008).
PERSONAL
Birth
13 February 1955, London UK.
Arrived in Western Australia, 1980.
Marital Status
Married
Qualifications and Occupation Before Entering Parliament
RN, BAppSc, MEd, PhD, LLB, JP. Registered nurse.
ELECTORATE - SHORT DESCRIPTION
The electorate of Alfred Cove is located in the South Metropolitan Region and includes the localities of Applecross, Ardross, Attadale, Bicton and parts of Alfred Cove, Booragoon, Melville and Mt Pleasant.
Enrolment (6 September 2010) 23,618; area: 26 sq kms.