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Electorates
- MLA Vasse from 26 February 2005–3 September 2014. Elected to the Thirty-seventh Parliament for Vasse on 26 February 2005 in succession to Bernard Kent Masters (defeated). Re-elected 2008, 2013. Resigned 3 September 2014.
Office
- Shadow Minister Small Business, and Industry and Enterprise, 20 March 2005–4 February 2006
- Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Finance and Public Sector Management, 4 February 2006–8 April 2006
- Shadow Treasurer, and Shadow Minister for Electoral Affairs, 8 April 2006–24 January 2008
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition, 28 October 2005–17 January 2008
- Leader of the Opposition, 17 January 2008–4 August 2008
- Shadow Minister for Federal–State Relations, Small Business and Trade, and (from 20 June 2008) Multicultural Interests and Citizenship, 24 January 2008–8 August 2008
- Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Commerce, Small Business, and Housing, 8 August 2008–23 September 2008
- Treasurer, Minister for Commerce, Science and Innovation, and Housing and Works, 23 September 2008–27 April 2010
- Minister for Transport and Housing from 14 December 2010–6 December 2011
- Minister for Transport, Housing, Emergency Services from 6 December 2011–10 July 2012
- Treasurer; Minister for Transport; Housing; Emergency Services from 10 July 2012–13 July 2012
- Treasurer, Minister for Transport, Emergency Services from 13 July 2012–21 March 2013
- Treasurer, Minister for Transport, Fisheries from 21 March 2013–11 December 2013
- Treasurer, Minister for Transport from 11 December 2013–10 March 2014
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Economics and Industry 7 April 2005–15 November 2005
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Minimum Conditions of Employment (Blue Flu) Amendment Bill 2005 Second reading not agreed to - 16/11/2005
Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Bill 2006 Second reading not agreed to - 27/9/2006 |
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Personal Information |
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19 March 1966 |
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Bunbury, Western Australia |
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Son of Raymond Buswell (died 1974), merchant mariner and car salesman, and Margaret Hayley |
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Married 14 November 1993, Busselton, WA to Margaret Jane Cummins, daughter of James and Jane Cummins
Children: two sons |
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Catholic |
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Educated Busselton Primary School and Busselton Senior High School where he was head boy
University of Western Australia BEc
Won WG Salter Prize in Economics, 1986
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Businessperson |
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Employee, Murdoch University, 1987
Employee, IBM Australia, 1987–1991
Business proprietor from 1992, director Villa Carlotta Group. Conducted coach tours and tourism accommodation in the region and wholesale and retail services |
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Councillor, Shire of Busselton 1995–1996, 2001–2005; President 2003–2005 |
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President, Cape Naturaliste Tourism Association, 1993–1997 and 1999–2000
Member Board St Josephs Primary School, 1999; president, 2000–2001 |
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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. 33.
Government of Western Australia, Premier of Western Australia and Cabinet Ministers, accessed 2010.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 15 March 2005. |
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