Terry Waldron

Terry Waldron

Incumbent
Assumed office 20 February 2001
Preceded by	Bob Wiese
Constituency	Wagin
Personal details
Born	(1951-02-17) 17 February 1951 Cottesloe Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	The Nationals
Spouse(s)	Noelene

Terrence Keith Waldron (aka "Terry" or "Tuck") was born on 17 February 1951 in Subiaco, a suburb of Perth. He has been a The Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2001, representing the electorate of Wagin, and is the deputy leader of the National Party of Western Australia.^[1]

Waldron grew up on his family farm in Jingalup near Kojonup and attended the local primary school before going to boarding school at Hale School in Perth^[2]

After completing his high school education Waldron briefly returned to the family farm for a year before moving back to Perth to work in the insurance industry and further his football and cricket career. He played 29 games for the Claremont Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), and later 17 games for the South Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).^[3] He then returned to Kojonup in 1975 and worked in real estate, eventually managing the regional branch of Elders. In 1992 he was appointed the general manager of the West Australian Country Football League and continued in that position until entering politics.^[4]

Following the retirement of Bob Weise, Waldron won preselection by the National party for the seat of Wagin. In the following election in 2001 Waldron won the seat with a margin of 26%.^[5] Waldron was re-elected in the 2005 election by a margin of 19%.^[6]

He is married to Noelene Waldron and they have four children; Jemma, Kelly, Bonnie and Jessica.

References

↑ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
↑ "National Party of WA – Terry Waldron". 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
↑ Extract from Hansard (ASSEMBLY – Tuesday, 26 February 2008) – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
↑ "Inaugural speech of Terry Waldron" (PDF). 2001. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
↑ "The Poll Bludger". 2001. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
↑ "ABC – Western Australian result 2005". 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Bob Wiese	Member for Wagin 2001–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Cabinet of Western Australia

Barnett Hames Collier Day Harvey Redman Morton Mischin Marmion Waldron Baston Nahan Simpson Jacob Francis Davies Nalder

Current Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Liberal (31)	Peter Abetz Frank Alban Colin Barnett Ian Blayney Ian Britza 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 Bill Marmion John McGrath Libby Mettam 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

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