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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Perth | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Smith |
| 4th Mayor of the City of Vincent | |
| In office 16 October 2011 – 19 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Nick Catania |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Armadale | |
| In office 14 December 1996 – 19 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Kay Hallahan |
| Succeeded by | Tony Buti |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan | |
| In office 6 February 1993 – 14 December 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Kay Hallahan |
| Succeeded by | Ljiljanna Ravlich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-01-10) 10 January 1953 (age 72) East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Education | University of Western Australia BA LLB |
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 10 January 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1996 until 2013, and served as a senior minister in the Gallop state Labor government. She resigned from state politics in July 2010 in an unsuccessful attempt to win the federal seat of ] at the 2010 federal election, served as mayor of the City of Vincent in local politics from 2011 to 2013, and was elected to the federal seat of Perth at the 2013 federal election.
Political career
Alannah MacTiernan studied at the University of Western Australia where she completed an Arts degree and a Law degree. She started her career with the Commonwealth Government, in the area of Aboriginal employment and training. She was elected to the Perth City Council in 1988, where she remained until 1994. In 1993, she was elected as the member for the East Metropolitan region in the Western Australian Legislative Council.
She was Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the West Australian government from 2001 to 2008. During that time she established the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia) which helped to transform the planning and management of public transport, particularly in Perth. Her period in office saw the construction of many railway and road projects, including the building of the 70 kilometre long Mandurah Line (including a tunnel under central Perth), the extensions of the Joondalup Line, Mitchell Freeway, and the Roe and Tonkin Highways, as well as the Kwinana Freeway/Forrest Highway extensions.
In early 2010, she announced her plans to contest the Liberal-held federal seat of Canning, which included her state seat, and on 26 February 2010 resigned from the shadow ministry.
She officially resigned from state parliament on 19 July 2010, two days after Prime Minister Julia Gillard had announced the timetable for the 2010 federal election. Despite a 2.16% swing to Labor in Canning, and particularly strong results in areas which she had previously represented, MacTiernan failed to be elected. She was elected as the mayor of the City of Vincent in October 2011.
After Stephen Smith announced he was going to retire at the next federal election, MacTiernan announced her intention to contest the seat he was vacating, Perth. At the election on 7 September, MacTiernan was sucessful in winning the seat suffering a tiny 0.9% against her.
References
- Beatrice Thomas (16 October 2011). "MacTiernan makes political comeback". The West Australian. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded byStephen Smith | Member of Parliament for Perth 2013–present |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byNew Position Richard Lewis as the Minister for Planning |
Minister for Planning and Infrastructure 2001–2008 |
Succeeded byPosition Abolished John Day as the Minister for Planning |
| Parliament of Western Australia | ||
| Preceded byKay Hallahan | Member for East Metropolitan 1993–1996 |
Succeeded byLjiljanna Ravlich |
| Preceded byKay Hallahan | Member for Armadale 1996–2010 |
Succeeded byTony Buti |