Alannah MacTiernan

Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 10 January 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician. She was an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the electorate of Armadale until her resignation from the Western Australian Parliament on 19 July 2010.^[1] She was elected as the mayor of the City of Vincent in October 2011.

Political career

She has represented the seat of Armadale in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 1996. She studied at the University of Western Australia where she completed an Arts degree and a Law degree. She started her career with the Commonwealth Government, in the area of Aboriginal employment and training. She was elected to the Perth City Council in 1988, where she stayed until 1994. In 1993, she was elected as the member for the East Metropolitan region in the Western Australian Legislative Council.

She was Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the West Australian government from 2001 to 2008.During this period she oversaw the construction of many road and railway projects, including the building of the Mandurah Line, the extensions of the Joondalup Line, Mitchell Freeway, and the Roe and Tonkin Highways, as well as the Kwinana Freeway/Forrest Highway extensions.

In early 2010, she announced her plans to contest the Liberal-held federal seat of Canning, which included her state seat, and on 26 February 2010 resigned from the shadow ministry.

She officially resigned from state parliament on 19 July 2010, two days after Prime Minister Julia Gillard had announced the timetable for the 2010 federal election. Despite a 2.16% swing to Labor in Canning and particularly strong results in areas which she had previously represented, MacTiernan failed to be elected.

References

External links/References

• MacTiernan's ALP profile