Members’ biographical register

Mr Terence Burke

House

MLA

Party

Labor Joined Australian Labor Party (ALP) 1958 Delegate to ALP State Executive and numerous state conferences

Date first elected

23 March 1968

Year Retired/Resigned

1987

Electorate(s)

Perth

Inaugural Speech

Burke, Terence Joseph, Inaugural Speech.pdf

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Perth 23 March 1968–18 March 1987 (resigned)

Office

Secretary State Parliamentary Labor Party 1971–1983
Opposition spokesman
Chief Secretary, Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries and Fauna 1974–April 1977
Parliamentary Secretary to Cabinet 25 February 1983–16 March 1987

Committees

Member Joint House Committee 1980–1983

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

Cause of death

Place of death

Cemetery

Arrived in WA

Occupation

Public servant

Employment History

Judge's Associate Commonwealth Industrial Court 1964–1966
Commonwealth public servant, Department Labour and National Service 1966–1967

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

Chairman East Perth Urban Renewal Project
Chairman Overseas Relations Committee
Director Ansett WA 1987–1992
Member Miscellaneous Workers Union
Councillor League of Home Help (Meals on Wheels)

References

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. 31. West Australian, 4 October 1982, 18 March 1989, 7 February 1990.
Who's Who in Australia, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia, 1987.

Bibliography

Further Information