Ian Blayney
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Ian Charles Blayney is an Australia
n politician. He was born in Geraldton, Western Australia
. He has been a Liberal Party
member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
since the 2008 state election
, representing Geraldton
. He defeated sitting Labor
member Shane Hill
after a redistribution made the seat notionally Liberal. He holds an Associate Diploma of Agriculture.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. He was born in Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton, Western Australia
Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...
. He has been a Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
since the 2008 state election
Western Australian state election, 2008
A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...
, representing Geraldton
Electoral district of Geraldton
Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election...
. He defeated sitting Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member Shane Hill
Shane Hill
Shane Robin Hill is an Australian politician. He has represented the electorate of Geraldton in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from the 2001 election for the Australian Labor Party until losing the seat in the 2008 election.Hill defeated the sitting Liberal member, Bob Bloffwitch, in...
after a redistribution made the seat notionally Liberal. He holds an Associate Diploma of Agriculture.