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Electorates
- MLA Mandurah from 10 February 2001. Elected to the Thirty-Sixth Parliament for Mandurah on 10 February 2001 in succession to Roger Keith Nicholls (defeated). Re-elected 2005, 2008, 2013, 2017 and 2021.
- Contested Mandurah 6 February 1993
Parliamentary Appointments
- Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 5 May 2004 to 23 January 2005
Office
- Minister for Community Development, Seniors and Volunteering, Youth, Minister Assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure from 3 February 2006 to 13 December 2006
- Minister for Child Protection, Communities, Seniors and Volunteering, Peel from 13 December 2006 to 2 March 2007
- Minister for the Environment, Climate Change, Peel from 2 March 2007 to 23 September 2008
- Shadow Minister for Local Government; Community Services; Peel from 9 April 2013 to 26 June 2015
- Shadow Minister for Local Government; Volunteering; Heritage; Peel; Wheatbelt; Mid-West from 26 June 2015 to 11 March 2017
- Minister for Local Government; Heritage; Culture and the Arts; Leader of the House from 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021
- Minister for Tourism; Culture and the Arts; Heritage from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021
- Minister for Culture and the Arts; Sport and Recreation; International Education; Heritage from 21 December 2021 to present
Committees
- Chair, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 30 May 2001 to 23 January 2005
- Member, Economics and Industry Standing Committee from 7 April 2005 to 8 March 2006
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Government Whip from 20 March 2005 to 16 February 2006
- Opposition Whip from 26 September 2008 to 11 March 2017
- Leader of the House from 17 March 2017 to 29 January 2021
- Leader of the House from 19 March 2021 to present
Historical Notes
- Announced plan to retire at the 2025 state election, 17 September 2024
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Personal Information |
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21 November 1965 |
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Northam, Western Australia |
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Son of John Thomas Templeman, boilermaker and welder, and Beryl Ann Bates, nurse |
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Married 12 April 2017, Noosa, Queensland to Donna Doust
Children: three sons and a daughter |
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Church of England |
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Avondale Primary School
Northam Senior High School, 1978–1982
Western Australian College of Advance Education (WACAE)—Dip Teaching (with distinction), Bachelor of Education (BEd), 1994
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Teacher, actor and entertainer |
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Teacher and drama specialist, Three Springs Primary School, 1986–1988 and Warnbro Primary School, 1989–1991
Teacher, North Mandurah Primary School, 1992–1996
Teacher, PEAC and entertainer (private business), 1997–2001 |
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Councillor, Mandurah City Council, 1994–2001
Deputy Mayor, 1997–2001 |
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Member, Mandurah Little Theatre, Mandurah Historical Society, Peel Preservation Group
Member, State School Teachers' Union
Member, Mandurah Chamber of Commerce
Member, Mandurah Performing Arts Board 1997–2001
Former committee member, Mandurah Boardwalk Theatre Company
Winner, Ron Bell Drama Award at Western Australian College of Advanced Education (WACAE)
Former member, Lions Clubs in Three Springs and Mandurah
Honorary Member of Rotary
Patron:
- Fab 50s social club Mandurah
- Mandurah Pirates Rugby Club
- Over 55s Cycling Club
- Mandurah Choral Society
- Mandurah Concert Band
- Mandurah Disabled Support and Recreational Respite Inc
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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. 251.
Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 3 June 2015. |
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