Barry House

The Honourable Barry House MLC

Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 1987
Preceded by	Vic Ferry
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-27) 27 November 1949 Busselton, Western Australia
Political party	Liberal
Profession	School teacher

Barry John House (born 27 November 1949) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 1987, representing the region of South West.

House was born in Busselton, Western Australia. He was elected to parliament at a by-election on 24 October 1987 to fill the seat vacated by Vic Ferry.

House is Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Commerce; Science and Innovation; Housing and Works and Deputy Chairman of Committees. He is also a current member of the Standing Committee on Public Administration.

In May 2009, House was elected President of the Legislative Council.

External links

WA Parliament bio

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 Martin Pritchard 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

Presiding officers of Australian legislatures

Australian Parliament

Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tony Smith (Lib)

President of the Senate	Stephen Parry (Lib)

New South Wales

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Shelley Hancock (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Don Harwin (Lib)

Victoria

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Telmo Languiller (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Bruce Atkinson (Lib)

Queensland

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Peter Wellington (Ind)

Western Australia

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Michael Sutherland (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Barry House (Lib)

South Australia

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Michael Atkinson (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Russell Wortley (ALP)

Tasmania

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Elise Archer (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Jim Wilkinson (Ind)

Northern Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Kezia Purick (Ind)

Australian Capital Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Vicki Dunne (Lib)

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