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Joined Australian Labor Party 1996 |
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29 November 2007 |
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East Metropolitan |
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Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan Region 29 November 2007 (elected on recount to fill casual vacancy)–21 May 2009. Elected to the Thirty-Seventh Parliament for East Metropolitan Region on 29 November 2007 to fill vacancy upon resignation of Hon Louise Pratt on 29 October 2007. Retired 21 May 2009.
- Contested South Metropolitan Region 6 September 2008
Historical Notes
- First member of Parliament of Western Australia born in Vietnam
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Search for speeches by Batong Pham |
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Personal Information |
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18 June 1967 |
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Ba Ria (16 kilometres from Long Tan), Vietnam |
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Arrived WA 14 February 1979 as a refugee from Vietnam via Malaysia |
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Son of Vo Van Pham and Diep Ngoc Thi Nguyen |
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Married 1 February 1997, Perth, WA to Thuy Do, daughter of Mong Van Do and Thanh Thi Tran
Children: two sons |
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Catholic |
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Educated St Brigid’s High School, (Midland) and La Salle College—Assoc Dip Bus Admin
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Research officer |
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Self employed and research officer for Margaret Quirk MLA and then John D’ Orazio MLA for six years |
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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. 210.
Parliament of Western Australia, Former Members, Parliament of Western Australia website, accessed 21 May 2014.
Western Australian Parliamentary Debates, 8 April 2008. |
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