Stephen Dawson (politician)
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The Honourable Stephen Dawson MLC |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
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Assumed office 22 May 2013 Serving with Baston, Boydell, Chapple, Grills, Lewis |
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| Constituency | Mining and Pastoral |
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30 July 1975 Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Labor |
Stephen Noel Dawson (born 30 July 1975) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2013, representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. He is the current Minister for the Environment and Minister for Disability Services in the McGowan Ministry.
Dawson was born in Dublin, Ireland. As a child, he attended a Gaelscoil (Irish Gaelic immersion school), with English being his second language. Dawson and his family immigrated to Australia in 1989, when he was thirteen, and settled in Perth, where he attended Hollywood Senior High School. He went on to Edith Cowan University (ECU), graduating with a degree in education. Before entering parliament, Dawson worked for periods as a lobbyist (with Hawker Britton) and corporate manager (with Essential Media Communications). He also served for a time as chief of staff to David Templeman (a minister in the Carpenter government).
At the 2005 state election, Dawson ran in the unwinnable sixth position on the Labor ticket in Mining and Pastoral Region. In 2009, following the resignation of Alan Carpenter, he unsuccessfully contested the preselection process for the Willagee state by-election, losing out to Peter Tinley. At the 2013 state election, Dawson was elected to the Legislative Council as the lead Labor candidate in Mining and Pastoral Region. He became the first Irish-born MP in Western Australia since 1950, when Sir Norbert Keenan left office. Dawson's term began in May 2013, and he was immediately elected deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Council. In September 2013, he was added to Mark McGowan's shadow cabinet. After the landslide 2017 state election victory, Dawson was added to cabinet with responsibility for the environment and disability services.
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