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Electorates
- MLA Riverton from 6 September 2008. Elected to the Thirty-Eighth Parliament for Riverton on 6 September 2008 in succession to Anthony David McRae (defeated). Re-elected 2013 and 2017. Did not contest the general election of 13 March 2021. Succeeded by Dr Jagadish (Jags) Krishnan (ALP).
Parliamentary Appointments
- Trustee, Parliamentary Superannuation Board from 3 December 2008 to 30 January 2013
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Energy, Indigenous Affairs from 29 June 2012 to 21 March 2013
- Minister for Energy, Finance, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from 21 March 2013 to 17 March 2014
- Treasurer, Minister for Energy, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from 17 March 2014 to 17 March 2017
- Shadow Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations from 25 March 2017 to 27 June 2019
- Shadow Minister for Planning; Asian Engagement from 27 June 2019 to 28 February 2020
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Leader of the Opposition from 21 March 2017 to 13 June 2019
Committees
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 13 November 2008 to 17 August 2012 (Chairman from 26 November 2008 to 12 September 2012)
Historical Notes
- 2 December 2019 announced retirement from politics
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Parliamentary Budget Officer Bill 2018 Legislative Assembly First Reading - 31 October 2018. Bill discharged from Notice Paper under Standing Order 144A - 12 November 2019 |
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Personal Information |
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2 July 1950 |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America |
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Arrived Australia 1978; in Western Australia 1982; in Melbourne September 1995–July 2006. Returned to WA in July 2006. |
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Son (one of 13 children) of John Nahan, lawyer, and Erolene Cox |
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Married 5 March 1982, Canberra to Nyuk Yin Chin, daughter of Sem Kheang Chin and Kooi Lan Cheaha
Children: one son and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated Blessed Sacrament Primary School, Allegan, Michigan and Allegan Senior High School
University of West Michigan, at Kalamazoo Michigan—BEc
University of Hawaii, Oahu, Hawaii—MS (Ag Econ)
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT—PhD (Econ)
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Consultant |
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Owned and operated a small trucking business in USA, then five years working and travelling in Asia
Taught at Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT, now Curtin University of Technology) 1982–1985
Employee, Department of Resource Development and Commerce and Trade 1985–1990
Director, State Policy Unit Institute of Public Affairs 1990–1995
Executive director, Institute of Public Affairs 1995–2006. Member, Steering Committee Australian Environment Forum
Wrote column for Herald Sun and gave regular radio commentaries |
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Awarded Centenary Medal for contribution to public policy, 2003 |
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Lived on a hobby farm as a child
Awarded Centenary Medal for contribution to public policy, 2003
Published:
- Environment: Conservation and Economics, Perth, WA: Australian Institute for Public Policy, 1986
- Joint author Restoring the Balance: Tax Reform for the Australian Federation, Institute of Public Affairs
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Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 28 May 2015.
Sourcewatch. Accessed 7 November 2008. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mike_Nahan.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 13 November 2008, p. 304–307. |
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