Mr Mark Folkard MLA

House:

Legislative Assembly

Party:

Australian Labor Party

Electorate:

Mindarie

Electorate Office:

Shop 116 Ocean Keys Shopping Centre
36 Ocean Keys Boulevard
Clarkson WA 6030
Ph: (08) 9407 8356
Email: mark.folkard@mp.wa.gov.au

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Speeches by Mr Mark Folkard

Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook

FOLKARD, Mark James, MLA
Member for Mindarie
Australian Labor Party

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE

Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for Burns Beach (new seat) on the general election of 11 March 2017.
Re-elected 2021. Electorate abolished in the redistribution of 2023.
Elected to the Forty-Second Parliament for Mindarie (revised) on the general election of 8 March 2025

Parliamentary Appointments

Parliamentary Superannuation Board from 21 June 2017 to 24 June 2021.

Standing Committees

Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 23 May 2017 to 29 January 2021, (Deputy Chair from 24 May 2017.
Member, Community Development and Justice Standing Committee from 12 May 2021 to 29 January 2025, (Deputy Chair from 26 May 2021).

PERSONAL

Birth

Born 23 January 1965, Perth, Western Australia.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Parliament

Police Officer.

BURNS BEACH - ELECTORATE PROFILE

The electorate of Burns Beach is located in the North Metropolitan Region and includes all or parts of the City of Joondalup and the City of Wanneroo.

Comprising of all or parts of the localities of Burns Beach, Clarkson, Currambine, Kinross, Mindarie, Neerabup and Quinns Rocks.

Enrolment - 29,974 (11 February 2021)

Area - 40 km²

Further Biographical Details for Mr Mark James Folkard