Terry Redman

Terry Redman
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 February 2005
Preceded by Monty House
Constituency Stirling
Personal details
Born April 16, 1963 (1963-04-16) (age 48)
Subiaco Western Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Nationals
Spouse(s) Marie
Profession Teacher

Donald Terence (Terry) Redman (born 16 April 1963) is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2005.[1]

Redman was born in the Perth suburb of Subiaco. He has a Bachelor of Science majoring in Agriculture and a post graduate diploma in Education.[2] Prior to entering politics he was a teacher, principal of the Western Australian College of Agriculture in Denmark and businessman.[3] He is married to Marie Redman and they have two children: Ben and Alysha.

Winning preselection for the National Party after the retirement of the sitting member Monty House, Redman retained the seat of Stirling for his party at the 2005 state election.[4] Following Stirling's abolition, he won the new seat of Blackwood-Stirling at the 2008 state election.

The Western Australian election, held on 6 September 2008, resulted in a hung parliament after a swing away from the incumbent Labor Party.

On 14 September 2008, the National Party, for which Redman had been re-elected as an MP, agreed to support the Liberal Party as a minority government. Redman along with two other Nationals, including leader Brendon Grylls and deputy leader Terry Waldron, were appointed to Cabinet on 23 September 2008.

Redman served as Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; and Minister Assisting the Minister for Education from 23 September 2008 to 14 December 2010. Since then he has served as Minister for Agriculture and Food; Forestry; and Minister for Corrective Services.

As the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Redman has positioned Western Australia as the nation’s model for reforming drought assistance; successfully campaigned to restart Western Australia’s live export trade; overseen record government funding into agricultural science and research facilities; and allowed the growing of genetically modified canola and cotton.

While broadly welcomed by industry groups and the science fraternity, Redman’s decision to allow the growing of GM canola and cotton, which was endorsed by Cabinet, has met with opposition from sections within the Greens movement and some organic growers. Others in the environment lobby argue that GM technology is critical for developing crops that meet the production challenges caused by climate change.

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References

  1. ^ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2007. http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/AllDocs/5B6D9EEA207F796F48256FBF001F4919?opendocument. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
  2. ^ "National Party Profile - Terry Redman". 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719125337/http://www.nationalswa.com/New+MP+pages/TRedman.aspx. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
  3. ^ "BushChange - Stirling". 2007. http://www.bushchange.com/representatives/redman.aspx. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
  4. ^ "ABC 2005 Election Result". 2005. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/stir.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
Parliament of Western Australia
Preceded by
Kim Chance		 Minister for Agriculture and Food
2008 – present		 Incumbent
Minister for Forestry
2008 – present
New creation Minister Assisting the Minister for Education
2008 – present
Preceded by
Monty House		 Member for Stirling
2005 – 2008		 District abolished
New district Member for Blackwood-Stirling
2008 – present		 Incumbent
Liberal (24)
Labor (26)
Nationals WA (5)
Vince Catania  · Brendon Grylls  · Terry Redman  · Terry Waldron  · Grant Woodhams
Independents (4)