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Australian politician

Andrea West
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Bowman
In office
2 March 1996 – 3 October 1998
Preceded byCon Sciacca
Succeeded byCon Sciacca
Personal details
BornAndrea Gail Kaus
(1952-09-16)16 September 1952
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died20 April 2010(2010-04-20) (aged 57)
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseJeremy West
RelationsBill Kaus (father)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationSchoolteacher

Andrea Gail West (née Kaus; 16 September 1952 – 20 April 2010) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party and served a single term in the House of Representatives, representing the Queensland seat of Bowman from 1996 to 1998.

Early life

West was born in Brisbane on 16 September 1952. She was the daughter of Bill Kaus, who was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a Liberal in 1966. She held the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and a diploma from the Mount Gravatt Teachers' College. Prior to entering parliament she worked as a primary school teacher. Afterwards she became a teacher at Qatar International School.

Politics

West served as chairman of the Liberal Party's Cleveland–Ormiston branch. She was elected to the Division of Bowman in the Coalition's landslide victory at the 1996 federal election, defeating the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) member Con Sciacca.

In parliament, West served on the Joint Statutory Committee on the National Crime Authority and the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs. She spoke of the need to "safeguard the sanctity of the family" and supported reforms to child support and Australian family law. According to George Brandis, she supported the Howard government's introduction of goods and services tax (GST) despite the impact it was likely to have on her re-election campaign in a marginal seat. Con Sciacca reclaimed Bowman for the ALP at the 1998 federal election.

After her defeat, West remained active in the Liberal Party. In 2000 she unsuccessfully sought preselection for a casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer.

Personal life

West lived at Wellington Point with her husband Jeremy and had three children. She died of breast cancer on 20 April 2010, aged 57, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.

References

  1. "West, Andrea Gail (1952 - )". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ Brandis, George (11 May 2010). "Condolences: Mrs Andrea Gail West". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Biography for WEST, Andrea Gail". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Laming, Andrew (21 June 2010). "Constituency statements: Mrs Andrea West". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "Andrea West". Women in Federal Parliament. Senate. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. Former MP remembered Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, aph.gov.au; accessed 21 June 2017.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded byCon Sciacca Member for Bowman
1996–1998 		Succeeded byCon Sciacca


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