Ken Baston

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The Honourable Ken Baston MLC
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for Mining and Pastoral Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 May 2005
Minister for Agriculture and Food^[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 March 2013^[2]
Minister for Fisheries^[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 December 2013^[2]
Preceded by	Troy Buswell
Personal details
Born	(1949-06-29) 29 June 1949
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Robin
Children	3

Kenneth Charles "Ken" Baston (born 29 June 1949)^[3] is an Australian politician who is a current Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. First elected to parliament at the 2005 state election, Baston was elevated to Cabinet following the 2013 state election, and currently holds the positions of Minister for Agriculture and Food and Minister for Fisheries.^[4]

Baston described his childhood—growing up on a sheep station that was run by his parents on the coast north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia—as idyllic. He completed his early education by correspondence before heading to boarding school in Perth to complete his education. Following his schooling in Perth, he ran the Ella Valla sheep station on a pastoral lease 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of Carnarvon, exporting wool and meat.^[5]

Baston won preselection for the region for the 2008 election and elected second on the ticket for the Liberal Party, after Norman Moore.^[6]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hon Ken Baston MLC". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hon. Kenneth (Ken) Charles Baston MLC". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Hon Kenneth Charles BASTON MLC Member for Mining and Pastoral WA Legislative Council". Australian Government, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. June 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
↑ "Member List - Hon. Kenneth (Ken) Charles Baston MLC". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
↑ "Inaugural Speech by Ken Baston". Parliament of Western Australia. 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
↑ "ABC News - Liberals endorse Mining and Pastoral Candidates". ABC News. 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.

v t e Current members of the Cabinet of Western Australia

Barnett Hames Grylls Collier Buswell Day Harvey Redman Morton Mischin Marmion Waldron Baston Nahan Simpson Jacob Francis

v t e Current Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council

Liberal (17)	Ken Baston Liz Behjat Jim Chown Peter Collier Phil Edman Brian Ellis Donna Faragher Nick Goiran Nigel Hallett Alyssa Hayden Barry House Peter Katsambanis Mark Lewis Robyn McSweeney Michael Mischin Helen Morton Simon O'Brien

Labor (11)	Alanna Clohesy Stephen Dawson Kate Doust Sue Ellery Adele Farina Ljiljanna Ravlich Samantha Rowe Amber-Jade Sanderson Sally Talbot Ken Travers Darren West

National (5)	Martin Aldridge Paul Brown Jacqui Boydell Dave Grills Colin Holt

Greens (2)	Robin Chapple Lynn MacLaren

Shooters and Fishers (1)	Rick Mazza

Persondata
Name	Baston, Ken
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	29 June 1949
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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