Lorna Clarke is an Australian politician from the Labor Party who is member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Butler. She won her seat at the 2025 Western Australian state election.[1]
Biography
Born in Sheffield, England, Clarke moved to Sydney as a baby.[2] She has been a corporate lawyer, lecturer in law at Curtin University and President of the WA Labor Party.[2]
Clarke was elected to the West Ward of the City of Bayswater council in October 2017.[3][4] She was a senior adviser to Police Minister Michelle Roberts at the time, which meant she was not allowed to campaign on police or crime issues.[5] She was re-elected in October 2021.[6][7]
Ahead of the 2025 Western Australian state election, Clarke was considered likely to nominate for the seat of Landsdale to replace Margaret Quirk, but after Daniel Pastorelli joined the Right faction, the same faction as Clarke and Quirk,[8] Clarke instead nominated for Butler, to succeed the retiring member John Quigley.[9]
In January 2025, Clarke resigned as councillor in the City of Bayswater to campaign in the state election.[10] She ended retaining the seat of Butler for Labor.
References
- ^ "Butler – WA Election 2025". ABC News. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b McInnes, Anita (23 February 2025). "Butler candidate Lorna Clarke says she is listening to voters". Yanchep News Online. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bull fight". The Perth Voice Interactive. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "2017 Ordinary Election – Bayswater". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Emerson, Daniel (12 October 2017). "Senior adviser to Labor's Police Minister Michelle Roberts in hot water over Bayswater council tilt". The West Australian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Historic win". The Perth Voice Interactive. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "2021 Ordinary Election – Bayswater". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Zimmerman, Josh (3 February 2024). "Daniel Pastorelli, chief of staff to both Premier Cook and McGowan, joins WA Labor's Right faction". The West Australian. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ Zimmerman, Josh; Caporn, Dylan (8 April 2024). "2025 Labor preselections: Roger Cook's chief of staff Daniel Pastorelli locked in to contest Landsdale". The West Australian. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Clarke quits for state tilt". The Perth Voice Interactive. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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