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Ms Lisa Loraine Baker MLA

BSc; GradDipDevtStudies




Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

BAKER, Lisa Loraine, MLA
Member for Maylands
Australian Labor Party


PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Maylands on 6 September 2008 in succession to Dr Judith (Judy) Mary Edwards (retired).
Re-elected 2013, 2017, 2021.

Parliamentary Appointments

Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 11 November 2008 to 30 January 2013.
Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 16 April 2013 to 30 January 2017.
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 11 May 2017 to 29 January 2021.

Standing Committees

Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 6 May 2009 to 30 January 2013 (Deputy Chair from 17 June 2009 to 26 May 2010).
Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People from 22 May 2013 to 30 January 2017 (Chair from 23 May 2013).
Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee from 23 May 2017 to 29 January 2021 (Deputy Chair from 24 May 2017).
Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 12 May 2021 (Deputy Chair from 26 May 2021).


Sessional Committees

Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 13 November 2008 to 30 January 2013.


PERSONAL

Birth

Born 26 August 1958, Perth, Western Australia.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Parliament

BSc Pysch; GradDipDevtStudies.
Chief Executive Officer - WA Council of Social Services.


MAYLANDS - ELECTORATE PROFILE


The electorate of Maylands is located in the East Metropolitan Region and includes all or parts of the City of Bayswater and the City of Stirling.

Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Bayswater, Bedford, Embleton, Inglewood, Maylands and Morley.

Enrolment - 29,731 (11 February 2021)

Area - 21 km²

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