Kim Hames
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The Honourable Dr Kim Hames JP |
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Hames in October 2012
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| Deputy Premier of Western Australia | |
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In office 23 September 2008 – 16 February 2016 |
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| Premier | Colin Barnett |
| Preceded by | Eric Ripper |
| Succeeded by | Liza Harvey |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 26 February 2005 – 30 January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Zak Kirkup |
| Constituency | Dawesville |
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In office 6 February 1993 – 14 December 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Keith Wilson |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Dianella |
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In office 14 December 1996 – 10 February 2001 |
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| Preceded by | None (new seat) |
| Succeeded by | Bob Kucera |
| Constituency | Yokine |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 March 1953 Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Kim Desmond Hames (born 24 March 1953) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments of Richard Court and Colin Barnett, and was deputy premier to Barnett from 2008 to 2016. Hames has announced his intention to retire from parliament at the 2017 state election.
Hames was born in Perth to Eunice (née Jackson) and Reginald Hames. He attended Guildford Grammar School before going on to the University of Western Australia to study medicine. After graduation, he worked as a general practitioner, which had also been his father's profession. Hames was elected to the Bayswater City Council in 1985, and served as a councillor until his election to parliament in 1993.
Hames first stood for parliament at the 1987 by-election for the seat of Morley-Swan, but was defeated by the Labor candidate, Frank Donovan. At the 1989 state election, he contested the seat of Perth, but lost by a narrow margin to Labor's Ian Alexander. Hames was successful in his third attempt to enter parliament, winning the seat of Dianella from Labor's Keith Wilson at the 1993 election. He transferred to the new seat of Yokine at the 1996 election, after Dianella was abolished in a redistribution. Hames was elevated to the ministry in January 1997, becoming Minister for Housing, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and Minister for Water Resources in the government of Richard Court. During his time as minister responsible for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, he was involved in the repatriation from England of the head of Yagan, a 19th-century Noongar warrior. Hames remained in the ministry until the 2001 state election, when he was defeated in his own seat by Labor's Bob Kucera. The Court government was also defeated.
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