Ben Wyatt
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The Honourable Ben Wyatt MLA |
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| Treasurer of Western Australia | |
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Assumed office 17 March 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Nahan |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Victoria Park |
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Assumed office 11 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Geoff Gallop |
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| Born |
1 April 1974 Wewak, Territory of Papua New Guinea |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Vivianne Wyatt |
| Relations | Cedric Wyatt (father), Ken Wyatt (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia, Royal Military College, London School of Economics |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Benjamin Sana "Ben" Wyatt (born 1 April 1974) is an Australian politician who is the current Labor Party member for the seat of Victoria Park in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.
Born in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, to Australian parents, Wyatt moved to Western Australia at an early age, where he attended Aquinas College in Perth. He went on to receive a law degree from the University of Western Australia, later attending the London School of Economics on a scholarship. Wyatt returned to Australia in 2002, where he worked as a lawyer. He was elected to parliament in 2006, at the Victoria Park by-election, replacing Geoff Gallop, a former premier. Wyatt currently serves as Treasurer and Minister for Finance, Energy and Aboriginal Affairs.
Wyatt was born on 1 April 1974 in Wewak, a town on the northern coast of what was then Territory of Papua New Guinea. His parents were both school-teachers on an exchange program—his father, Cedric Wyatt, was originally from the Pilbara, and his mother was originally from Newcastle, New South Wales. Wyatt has Yamatji heritage through his father, and his cousin, Ken Wyatt, was the first member of the Australian House of Representatives of Indigenous Australian descent. His family returned to Perth, Western Australia, in 1976. Wyatt grew up in regional Western Australia, with his parents teaching in various locations in the Goldfields, including Laverton and Kalgoorlie. He returned to Perth to attend high school at Aquinas College, and later studied at the University of Western Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He also attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon, graduating as an officer in 1996, and later received the Australian Defence Medal. After working in law firms in Perth and Sydney, Wyatt received an Ambassadorial Scholarship in 2001 from the Rotary Foundation, allowing him to study comparative politics at the London School of Economics.
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