Paul Omodei
| Paul Omodei | |
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| Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia | |
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In office 24 March 2006 – 17 January 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Matt Birney |
| Succeeded by | Troy Buswell |
| Constituency | Warren-Blackwood |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 May 1950 Manjimup, Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Independent (former Liberal) |
| Spouse(s) | Ros Omodei |
Paul Domenic Omodei (born 26 May 1950), Australian politician, was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 24 March 2006 until 17 January 2008.
Omodei was born in Manjimup, a town in the South West of Western Australia, and was of Italian ancestry. He attended St Joseph's School in Pemberton and worked as a potato farmer and horticulturalist in the area. In 1977, he became a councillor on the Manjimup Shire Council, and from 1985 until 1989, he served as Shire President.
At the 1989 election, he won the previously safe Labor seat of Warren for the Liberal Party in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. In 1992, he became the Shadow Minister for Local Government. When the Liberals won power under Richard Court at the 1993 election, he became Minister for Local Government—a post he held for both of Court's terms of office—and Water Resources. In 1995, he moved from Water Resources to Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs. In 1996, he won the enlarged seat of Warren-Blackwood. In 1997, he added the Disability Services portfolio and in 1999 Forest Products.
Following the defeat of the Court government at the 2001 election, Omodei held various shadow cabinet posts, including Local Government, Emergency Services and Regional Development.
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