Barry House
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The Honorable Barry House |
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President of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
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In office 22 May 2009 – 21 May 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Griffiths |
| Succeeded by | Kate Doust |
| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
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In office 22 May 1989 – 21 May 2017 Serving with Benson-Lidholm, Cowdell, Embry, Farina, Hallett, Holt, Jones, Llewellyn, McSweeney, Montgomery, Patterson, Sharp, Stretch, Talbot, Thomas, Wenn |
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| Constituency | South West Region |
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In office 24 October 1987 – 21 May 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Vic Ferry |
| Succeeded by | None (seat abolished) |
| Constituency | South-West Province |
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27 November 1949 Busselton, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Barry John House (born 27 November 1949) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1987 to 2017. He was President of the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2017, and prior to entering politics worked as a schoolteacher.
House was born in Busselton, Western Australia, to Molly May (née Jolliffe) and Edward Kenneth House. He attended Busselton Senior High School before going on to further study at the University of Western Australia and Nedlands Teachers College. He was also a talented cricketer, touring South Africa with an Australian schoolboys team and playing at first-grade level in the WACA district competition. After graduating, House worked as a teacher for periods at Eastern Goldfields Senior High School, Kewdale Senior High School, and Churchlands Senior High School. He returned to Busselton in 1979 to work as a youth education officer, and in May 1987 was elected to the Busselton Shire Council. However, he resigned only a few months later in order to enter parliament.
House entered parliament at a 1987 Legislative Council by-election for South-West Province, caused by the resignation of Vic Ferry. At the 1989 state election, he was re-elected to the Legislative Council representing the new seven-member South West Region. House was subsequently included in the shadow ministry of Barry MacKinnon, and retained his place when Richard Court became party leader (and thus leader of the opposition) in 1992. However, following the Liberal Party's victory at the 1993 election, he was not made a minister, but was instead made chairman of committees in the Legislative Council, a position which he held until 1997.
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