Mick Murray (politician)

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Mick Murray
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 February 2001
Preceded by	Hilda Turnbull
Constituency	Collie-Preston
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-26) November 26, 1949 Subiaco, Western Australia Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Profession	Mechanic

Michael "Mick" Philip Murray (born 26 November 1949 in Perth, Australia), has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2001. He represented the electorate of Collie from 2001 to 2005 and has represented the electorate of Collie-Preston since an electoral redistribution in 2005.^[1]

Growing up in the small town of Duranillin in the Shire of West Arthur, Murray attended the local primary school before moving to Collie with his parents and completing his education in local state schools. Murray completed his apprenticeship as a mechanic and worked in the North West of Western Australia before settling back in Collie to work in the coal mines.

Murray contested the seat of Collie twice before defeating the sitting member, Hilda Turnbull, in the 2001 election on a swing of 9.4% and a two-party-preferred majority of 2.6%.^[2] The electorate of Collie was abolished in 2003 to become Collie-Wellington and Murray retained the seat in 2005 election with a comfortable majority of 9.3%.

While in Parliament, Murray has been a member of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee and Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation committees. He has been a trustee of the Parliamentary superannuation fund from 2001 and a Deputy government whip from 2001 to 2005. Additionally, he is the Convenor of the Country Labor grouping within the Western Australian Labor Party.

References

↑ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
↑ "ABC Online - 2005 Western Australian Election". 2005. Retrieved 2008-06-17.

Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Hilda Turnbull	Member for Collie 2001–2005	Succeeded by Seat abolished
Preceded by New seat	Member for Collie-Preston 2005–present	Incumbent

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Liberal (31)	Peter Abetz Frank Alban Colin Barnett Ian Blayney Ian Britza Troy Buswell John Castrilli Murray Cowper John Day Eleni Evangel Joe Francis Glenys Godfrey Kim Hames Liza Harvey Chris Hatton Albert Jacob Graham Jacobs Rob Johnson Tony Krsticevic Sean L'Estrange John McGrath Bill Marmion Paul Miles Andrea Mitchell Nathan Morton Mike Nahan Dean Nalder Jan Norberger Tony Simpson Michael Sutherland Matt Taylor

Labor (21)	Lisa Baker Tony Buti Roger Cook Josie Farrer Janine Freeman Bill Johnston Dave Kelly Fran Logan Mark McGowan Simone McGurk Mick Murray Paul Papalia John Quigley Margaret Quirk Michelle Roberts Rita Saffioti Chris Tallentire David Templeman Peter Tinley Peter Watson Ben Wyatt

Nationals WA (7)	Vince Catania Mia Davies Wendy Duncan Brendon Grylls Shane Love Terry Redman Terry Waldron

Persondata
Name	Murray, Mick
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	26 November 1949
Place of birth	Subiaco, Western Australia Western Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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