Rob Johnson (Australian politician)
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The Honourable Rob Johnson |
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| Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Road Safety |
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In office 23 September 2008 – 29 June 2012 |
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| Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Hillarys |
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In office 14 December 1996 – 11 March 2017 |
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| Preceded by | New creation |
| Succeeded by | Peter Katsambanis |
| Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Whitford |
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In office 6 February 1993 – 14 December 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Pam Beggs |
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| Born | 17 October 1943 London, England |
| Nationality | English–Australian |
| Political party | Liberal (to 2016) |
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Independent (from 2016) |
| Profession | Company chairman |
Robert Frank "Rob" Johnson (born 17 October 1943) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1993 to 2017. He was elected as a member of the Liberal Party, and served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from 2008 to 2012, but resigned from the party in 2016 to sit as an independent. He was defeated at the 2017 election.
Johnson was born in London, England. At the age of 35 he was elected as a councillor to the London Borough of Sutton and subsequently became Mayor.
Soon after emigrating to Australia in 1988 he was elected as a councillor to the City of Wanneroo in 1991. The following year he was elected Mayor.
He was elected as the Member for Whitford in 1993 and, following a re-distribution of boundaries, was re-elected for the seat of Hillarys in 1996.
He served in the Court government as Minister for Works; Services; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests from December 1999 until February 2001.
Johnson became Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Road Safety with the return to power of the Coalition in September 2008.
In his first two years as minister in the Barnett government, Johnson introduced 16 bills into the Legislative Assembly. Many of them were controversial and high-profile including increasing the impounding period of a vehicle for anyone convicted of a hoon offence. Other measures were to ensure motorists with a blood alcohol reading of 0.08 or above lost their licence immediately at the roadside, that all revenue from speed and red light cameras would go to road safety projects and a proposal for Australia's first online sex offender register.
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