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Electorates
- MLC Agricultural from 22 May 2009 to 12 February 2013. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for the Agricultural Region (Legislative Council) on 6 September 2008 for term commencing 22 May 2009. Resigned 12 February 2013 (to contest the Lower House seat for the Central Wheatbelt)
- MLA Central Wheatbelt from 9 March 2013 to 8 March 2025. Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for Central Wheatbelt on 9 March 2013 in succession to Brendon John Grylls who contested the seat of Pilbara. Re-elected 2017 and 2021. Did not contest the general election of 8 March 2025. Succeeded by Lachlan Hunter (Nat).
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Party Secretary to the Parliamentary National Party from 22 June 2009 to 1 January 2012
- Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia (WA) from 26 November 2013 to 14 March 2017
- Leader of the The Nationals WA from 21 March 2017 to 30 January 2023
- Leader of the Opposition from 14 April 2021 to 30 January 2023
- Opposition Whip from 2 November 2023 to 8 March 2025
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Development, Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development from 21 March 2013 to 11 December 2013
- Minister for Water, Forestry from 11 December 2013 to 8 December 2014
- Minister for Water, Sport and Recreation, Forestry from 8 December 2014 to 17 March 2017
- Shadow Minister for Regional Development; Finance; Electoral Affairs; Federal-State Relations; Public Sector Management; Women's Interests; Jobs & Trade from 19 April 2021 to 29 March 2022
- Shadow Minister for Regional Development; Finance; Electoral Affairs; Federal-State Relations; Public Sector Management; Women’s Interests; Jobs & Trade; Regional Cities from 29 March 2022 to 18 October 2022
- Shadow Minister for Regional Development; Finance; Electoral Affairs; Federal-State Relations; Public Sector Management; Jobs and Trade; Regional Cities from 18 October 2022 to 7 February 2023
- Shadow Minister for Mines & Petroleum; Electoral Affairs; Aboriginal Affairs from 7 February 2023 to 2 November 2023
- Shadow Minister for Mines & Petroleum; Electoral Affairs; Aboriginal Affairs; Women's Interests from 2 November 2023 to 8 March 2025
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Legislation from 4 June 2009 to 14 December 2012
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 23 May 2017 to 6 September 2017
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission from 21 February 2023 to to 29 January 2025
Historical Notes
- Announced resignation as Opposition Leader, Leader of the Nationals and decision not to recontest the 2025 state election, 27 January 2023
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Personal Information |
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3 November 1978 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Daughter of Dexter Melvin Davies, consultant and politician, and (Effie) Leonie South, teacher
Sister: Emma |
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Uniting Church |
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Wyalkatchem District High School, 1983–1989
Methodist Ladies College, 1990–1995, boarder
Murdoch University, Bachelor of Marketing and Media
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Receptionist, research officer and policy adviser
Marketing and communications consultant |
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Receptionist and clerk, National Party of Western Australia, February 1996
Receptionist and trainee nurse, Bullcreek Veterinary Hospital from July to September 1996
Administrative and secretarial roles, United Kingdom, 1999-2000
Administration and Document Controller, BCV Infraco (London Underground), 2000-2001
Loans officer, Western Australia No Interest Loans Network from December 2001 to January 2002
Administrative assistant and then research officer, Hon Max Trenorden, Parliamentary Leader of the National Party from January 2002 to June 2005
Senior policy adviser, Brendon Grylls, National Party leader from June 2005 to May 2006
Executive officer, North West Chamber of Minerals and Energy from May 2006 to December 2006
Director, MJD Consulting from January 2007 to May 2008
Part time senior policy adviser, Office of the Leader of the National Party
Member, inaugural APEC delegation to Republic of Korea from September 2005 |
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Raised on the family farm in Yorkrakine, Western Australia
Resident, United Kingdom, 1999–2001
Non executive board member, Women’s Health Services from May to July 2008
Deputy chair, Rural and Remote Education Advisory Council
Member, Southern Inland Health Initiative Governance Group
Member, Northam Chamber of Commerce
Member, Wheatbelt Business Network
Member, Avon Community Development Foundation
Member, Country Women’s Association
Member, Youth Advisory Council
Member, Country Arts WA
Member, Royal Agricultural Society
Interests in travel, music (plays guitar, flute and piano)
Player, social netball
Member, Fremantle Dockers Football Club |
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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.64.
Parliament of Western Australia. Inaugural speech, Tuesday 16 April 2013.
Carmody, James, "WA Opposition Leader Mia Davies announces resignation", ABC News, 27 January 2023, 1:13pm.
The Nationals website. Accessed 29 April 2014 https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Davies,+Mia+Jane?opendocument
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 29 April 2014: https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Davies,+Mia+Jane?opendocument |
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