Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Labor
Member
Australian Labor Party since 2003
Past delegate
State Executive
Past delegate
State Conference
Past delegate
Perth Federal Electorate Campaign Committee
Past vice president
Northbridge Labor branch
Past president
Curtin Electorate Council
Past vice president
UWA Labor Club |
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27 September 2016 |
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North Metropolitan |
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Electorates
- MLC North Metropolitan Region 27 September 2016–21 May 2017. Elected to the Thirty-ninth Parliament for the North Metropolitan Region on 27 September 2016 following a recount conducted by the Electoral Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the Hon Ken Travers. Defeated 11 March 2017 (term concluded 21 May 2017).
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review, 11 October 2016–21 May 2017
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Personal Information |
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7 August 1982 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Clyde McDonald, trainer/assessor and Maxine Boyd, youth worker |
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Married 5 December 2020, Hyde Park, Perth to Patrick Michael Ashforth, son of Michael Ashforth and Ileana Ashforth,
Children: two daughters and one son |
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West Leeming Primary School, 1992
East Victoria Park Primary School, 1993 to 1994
Kent Street Senior High School, 1995 to 1999
University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts (Political Science Hons) (LLB/BA (Hons), 2000–2005
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Lawyer |
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Articled clerk then lawyer, Dwyer Durack, 2006 to 2007
Legal director, SISHA, 2008 to 2009
Legal officer, Department of Child Protection, 2009 to 2011
Lawyer, Slater and Gordon, 2011 to 2017
Admission to the Register of Practitioners in the High Court of Australia, May 2007
Admission to the Role of Legal Practitioners in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, May 2007 |
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Councillor (South Ward), City of Vincent, 2013 to 2016
South Ward includes all of Highgate and parts of East Pert, Mount Lawley, North Perth, Leederville, West Perth and Perth. Included service on the following committees: Beaufort Street Enhancement Working Group, Sustainability Advisory Group, Safer Vincent Crime Prevention Partnership Advisory Group, Community Development Advisory Group, Claisebrook North Community Liaison Group, Building Design and Conservation Awards Advisory Group and Garden Awards Advisory Group |
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Young Australian of the Year, Town of Victoria Park, Australia Day Awards, 2005 |
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Australian Youth Ambassador, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, Olympic Youth Camp, Sydney, Australia, 2000
Human Trafficking Prevention Officer, HCC, Australian Youth Ambassador for Development (AYAD), based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2007 to 2009
Member, Norwood Neighbourhood Association, 2014 to 2016
Executive commitee member, Beaufort Street Network, Secretary, 2010 to 2011
Vice chair, Foundation for Young Australians, WA Committee, 2002 to 2005
Member, Law Society of WA
Resident, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2007 to 2009
Resident, UK, 1990 to 1991
Changed surname to Ashforth-McDonald
Author:
- "Asbestos Diseases Compensation Bill 2013", Brief, Journal of the Law Society of WA
- "Putting a Stop to Human Trafficking", Exchange, AusAid, March 2009
- "Supreme Court Amendment Rules 2007", Brief Journal of the Law Society of WA, 34(3), April 2007
Dux, Kent Street Senior High School, 1999 |
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