Vince Catania

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Vince Catania MLA

Member of Parliament for Mining and Pastoral
In office 22 May 2005 – 12 August 2008
Preceded by	Kevin Leahy
Succeeded by	Shelley Eaton
Member of Parliament for North West
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 September 2008
Preceded by	Fred Riebeling
Personal details
Born	(1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 Perth, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor (until July 2009) WA Nationals (since July 2009)

Vincent Alexander "Vince" Catania (born 23 February 1977) is an Australian politician. He sat in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008 and has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008. He represented the Australian Labor Party until defecting to the WA Nationals on 20 July 2009,^[1]^[2] citing his belief that Labor had become too "city-centric".

Catania was first elected to the Legislative Council at the 2005 state election, to represent the Mining and Pastoral region. He switched to run for the Legislative Assembly at the 2008 state election following the retirement of Speaker Fred Riebeling, and was duly elected to the seat of North West.

Catania was born in Perth, Western Australia, and is the son of former state Labor politician and former Mayor of the Town of Vincent, Nick Catania.

References

↑ "Catania quits Labor to join Nationals". ABC Online. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
↑ Sonti, Chalpat (21 July 2009). "Vince Catania quits Labor". WAtoday (Fairfax Digital). Retrieved 5 November 2010.

Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Fred Riebeling (as member for North West Coastal)	Member for North West 2008–2013	Succeeded by Self (as member for North West Central)
Preceded by Self (as member for North West)	Member for North West Central 2013–present	Incumbent

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

Persondata
Name	Catania, Vince
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	23 February 1977
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Date of death
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