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State
Electorates
- MLC North Metropolitan Region from 22 May 2009. Elected to the Thirty-eighth Parliament for the North Metropolitan Region on 6 September 2008 for term commencing 22 May 2009. Re-elected 2013, 2017 for terms commencing 22 May. Defeated 13 March 2021 (term ended 21 May).
Parliamentary Appointments
- Deputy Chairman of Committees from 4 June 2009 to 16 August 2012
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General, Minister for Corrective Services from 11 August 2009 to 14 December 2010
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Attorney General (with respect to the Attorney General only)–from 14 December to 12 June 2012
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Fisheries, Electoral Affairs, Justice from 12 June 2012 to 29 June 2012
- Attorney General from 29 June 2012 to 21 March 2013
- Attorney General, Minister for Commerce from 21 March 2013 to 17 March 2017
- Shadow Attorney General; Shadow Minister for Commerce from 25 March 2017 to 27 June 2019
- Shadow Minister for Commerce from 27 June 2019 to 28 February 2020
- Shadow Attorney General; Heritage; Culture and the Arts from 27 June 2019 19 April 2021
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council from 5 April 2016 to 21 March 2017
- Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council from 21 March 2017 to 23 March 2021
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Legislation from 4 June 2009 to 16 August 2012 (Elected Chair, 4 June 2009)
- Member, Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges from 4 June 2009 to 6 March 2012
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 5 April 2012 to 16 August 2012
- Chair, Joint Select Committee on Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition from 2 December 2014 to 26 March 2015
- Chair, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 23 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Member, Parliamentary Superannuation Board from 25 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Deputy Chair, Select Committee into Mining on Pinjin Station from 22 August 2018 to 14 May 2020
- Member, Select Committee into alternate approaches to reducing illicit drug use and its effects on the community from 17 October 2018 to 28 November 2019
Commonwealth
Electorates
- Contested Senate 24 November 2007
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Personal Information |
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29 December 1958 |
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Subiaco, Western Australia |
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Son of George Mischin, telecommunications technician, and Maria Katarina Lewkowski, home maker |
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Partner: Ms Laraine Reason |
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Eastern Orthodox |
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Educated Karrinyup Primary School and Scarborough Senior High School
University of Western Australia —LLB (Hons), B Juris (Hons)
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Lawyer |
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Barrister and Solicitor of Supreme Court from 1982
Practitioner of High Court of Australia from 1983
Articled law clerk and legal practitioner, Messrs, Lavan & Walsh, 1982–1983
Legal practitioner with Mr Athol C Gibson, 1983–1984
Legal Officer with Crown Solicitor’s Office, 1985–1991
Prosecutor (various ranks) with Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia, 1992–2008
Consultant to Messrs Robertson Hayles in 2007 and from 2008
Deputy President, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, from 2022 |
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Member, Civil Service Association, 1985–2008
Member and former committee member, Criminal Lawyers Association WA, 1995–2009
Member, National Association of Prosecutors, 1999–2009 |
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Michael Pelly, 'Ex-Liberal MPs ride tribunal gravy train with salaries up to $500k', Australian Financial Review, 5 April 2022, page 6.
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. 182.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 28 May 2015. |
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