Skip to main content
Home
Site map
Accessibility
Contact us
Alerts
Webmail
Home
Menu
Toggle Button For website navigation bar
No Sitting Scheduled Today
No Sitting Scheduled Today
Search this website
Advanced Search
Search
Parliamentary Business
Bills (proposed laws)
WA Acts and Regulations (current Laws)
Hansard (Debates)
Committees
Tabled Papers
Chamber Documents
Parliamentary Questions and Answers
Sitting Calendar
Order of Business
Standing Orders
Watch and listen
Scrutiny of finances
Members
Find your MP
Members of the Legislative Council (Upper House)
President and Office Holders
Upper House Seating Plan
Members of the Legislative Assembly (Lower House)
Speaker and Office Holders
Lower House Seating Plan
What Members do
Ministers and Shadow Ministers
Find a Former MP
About Parliament
Legislative Council (Upper House)
Legislative Assembly (Lower House)
Parliamentary Departments
Careers
Get Involved
Find Your MP
Find out what was said in Parliament
Watch and listen
What Parliament does
Petitions
Make a submission
Public hearings
Contact a member
Vote in an election
Parliamentary Friendship Groups
Former Members Association
Visit and Learn
Plan your visit
Tours
Educators and students
Learn how Parliament works
Protocols
History, house and grounds
Events and exhibitions
Art in Parliament
Parliamentary Library
Members’ biographical register
Home
Members' biographies
Ms Josephine (Josie) Farrer
Principal Honours
Birth
Date: 24 September 1947
Place: Halls Creek, Western Australia
Arrival in WA
Parents
Marriage and Family
Married
Death
Date:
Place:
Cemetery:
Cause of Death:
Religion
Education
Occupation
Employment History
House
MLA
Local Government Service
Shire Council president and councillor, Halls Creek
Party
Labor
Joined Australian Labor Party
Date Elected
9 March 2013
Inaugural Speech
Inaugural Video
Speeches
Search for speeches by Josie Farrer
Valedictory Speech
Farrer, Josephine, Valedictory Speech.pdf
Valedictory Video:
Year Retired/Resigned
Electorate
Kimberley
Parliamentary Service
Electorates
MLA for Kimberley 9 March 2013–present.
Elected to the Thirty-Ninth Parliament for Kimberley on 9 March 2013 in succession to
Carol Anne Martin
(retired).
Re-elected 2017.
Committees
Member, Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition from 2 December 2014 to 26 March 2015
Co-opted Member, Education and Health Standing Committee's Inquiry into Aboriginal Youth Suicide in Remote Areas from 22 March 2016 to 17 November 2016
Member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 23 May 2017
Historical Notes
18 August 2020 announced retirement from politics
Private Member's Bills
Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2014
Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition - 02/12/2014
Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2015
Assented to - 17/09/2015
Background/Membership
Qualifications
References
Parliament of Western Australia website.
Current Members
- Accessed 26 May 2015.
Further Information