Alannah MacTiernan
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The Honourable Alannah MacTiernan MLC |
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| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Metropolitan | |
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Assumed office 22 May 2017 |
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| Member of the Australian House of Representatives for Perth | |
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In office 7 September 2013 – 9 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Smith |
| Succeeded by | Tim Hammond |
| 4th Mayor of the City of Vincent | |
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In office 16 October 2011 – 26 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Catania |
| Succeeded by | John Carey |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Armadale | |
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In office 14 December 1996 – 19 July 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Kay Hallahan |
| Succeeded by | Tony Buti |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan | |
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In office 6 February 1993 – 21 November 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Kay Hallahan |
| Succeeded by | Paul Sulc |
| Councillor of the City of Perth | |
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In office 1988–1994 |
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| Personal details | |
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10 January 1953 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | University of Western Australia BA LLB |
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 10 January 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1993 until moving to the Legislative Assembly in 1996, where she served as a senior minister in the Gallop state Labor government. She resigned from state politics in July 2010 in an unsuccessful attempt to win the federal seat of Canning at the 2010 federal election, where she then moved to local politics as the mayor of the City of Vincent from 2011 to 2013. She was elected to the federal seat of Perth at the 2013 federal election, though did not contest the seat at the 2016 federal election. She returned to Western Australian state politics at the 2017 state election as a Legislative Council member for the North Metropolitan region.
Alannah MacTiernan studied at the University of Western Australia where she completed an arts degree and a law degree. She started her career with the federal government, in the area of Aboriginal employment and training. She was elected to the Perth City Council in 1988, where she remained until 1994. In 1993, she was elected as the member for the East Metropolitan region in the Western Australian Legislative Council.
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