Don Randall

Don Randall
Randall in 2015
Member of the Australian Parliament for Canning
In office 10 November 2001 – 21 July 2015
Preceded by	Jane Gerick
Succeeded by	Andrew Hastie
Member of the Australian Parliament for Swan
In office 2 March 1996 – 3 October 1998
Preceded by	Kim Beazley
Succeeded by	Kim Wilkie
Personal details
Born	Donald James Randall (1953-05-02)2 May 1953 Merredin, Western Australia
Died	21 July 2015(2015-07-21) (aged 62) Boddington, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Teacher

Donald James "Don" Randall (2 May 1953 – 21 July 2015) was an Australian politician for the Liberal Party. He represented the Division of Swan, Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 to 1998, as well as the Division of Canning, Western Australia, from 2001 until his death in 2015. He was born in Merredin, Western Australia, and was educated at Graylands Teachers College, Perth. He was a teacher and marketing consultant before entering politics.

Don Randall died of a suspected heart attack while in office, and the 2015 Canning by-election was held in his seat.

Randall made his first run for office in 1993, when he ran in the safe state Labor seat of Belmont and was defeated by future opposition leader Eric Ripper.

He was a member of the Belmont City Council 1993–96 before running in Swan in the 1996 election. He was initially slated to run against Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley. However, with Labor sinking in the polls, Beazley transferred to the slightly friendlier seat of Brand, and Randall won with a majority of 3.9 percent. He was defeated after only one term by Labor's Kim Wilkie.

For the next election, Randall sought to run in Canning. The Labor incumbent, Jane Gerick, had been severely hurt by a redistribution which all but erased her majority, reducing it from 3.5 percent to only 0.4 percent. Randall was elected on a swing of 0.8 percent.

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