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Electorates
- MLA Maylands 26 May 1990 (by-election)–6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-third Parliament for Maylands at the by-election on 26 May 1990 held to fill the vacancy consequent upon the resignation of Hon Peter M'Callum Dowding. Re-elected 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005. Did not contest the general election of 6 September 2008
Office
- Shadow Minister for Housing, Youth, and Sport and Recreation 17 February 1993–7 February 1994
- Shadow Minister for Environment and Water Resources (from 18 March 1996) 18 October 1994–14 May 1996
- Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage 14 May 1996–15 January 1997
- Shadow Minister for Planning, Environment and Urban Affairs 15 January 1997–4 August 1999
- Shadow Minister for Environment Water Resources and Urban Affairs 5 August 1999–10 February 2001
- Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Water Resources 16 February 2001–1 July 2001
- Minister for the Environment and Heritage 1 July 2001–27 June 2003
- Minister for the Environment 27 June 2003–26 February 2005
- Minister for the Environment; Science 10 March 2005–3 February 2006
Committees
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 19 September 1991–January 1993
- Member Joint Committee on Delegated Legislation 20 June 1990–8 January 1993
- Member Public Accounts and Expenditure Review Committee 18 March 1991–8 January 1993
- Member Library Committee 22 June 1993–11 June 1998
- Member Standing Committee on Economics and Industry 8 March 2006–7 August 2008
- Member (for purpose of inquiry into Assaults) Joint Standing Committee on Corruption and Crime Commission 6 May 2008–7 August 2008
- Deputy Chairman Select Committee on Intervention in Child Birth 16 June 1994–21 September 1995
- Member Select Committee on Country Hospitals and Nursing Posts 21 November 1990–26 May 1992
- Member Select Committee on Wittenoom 22 September 1993–3 August 1994
- Member Select Committee on Recycling and Waste Management 8 December 1994–7 December 1995
- Member Select Committee on Perth’s Air Quality 29 May 1997–21 May 1998
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Personal Information |
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10 April 1955 |
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Beverley, Western Australia |
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Brian Thomas Edwards, farmer, and Patricia Mary Horan, nurse |
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Married to Alan Philp
Children: one son
Divorced |
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Presentation Convent, Beverley
Beverley Junior High School
Loreto Convent, Claremont
University of Western Australia—Bachelor of Medicine (1997), Bachelor of Surgery, also from 1988 part-time study for Master of Public Health, conferred 1995
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Doctor |
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General practitioner in Mt Lawley from 1984
Sessional medical officer for Family Planning Association 1983–1986, Sexual Assault Referral Centre 1983–1989 and Aboriginal Medical Service 1987–1988 |
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM) awarded 26 January, 2024 "for significant service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia, and to the community" |
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Member Social Security Appeals Tribunal 1986–1990 and State Advisory Committee on Publications 1988–1990
National President Doctors’ Reform Society 1987–1989, State President 1986–1989
Vice-president Western Australia Council for Civil Liberties 1979–1986
Member Abortion Law Repeal Association
Author of Prostitution - A WA Case Study, published by Human Rights Commission of Australia, 1986 |
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Australian Honours website: Accessed 28 February 2024. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3017219
David Black, and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia volume two, 1930-2010, Perth: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, 2011, p. 79. |
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