Christian Porter

Christian Porter
The Honourable
Christian Porter BA (Hons) BEc LLB UWA, MSc(Dist) LSE, MLA
Attorney-General of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 September 2008
Premier Colin Barnett
Preceded by Jim McGinty
Constituency Bateman
Treasurer of Western Australia
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 December 2010
Preceded by Colin Barnett
Personal details
Born 11 July 1970 (1970-07-11) (age 41)
Perth, Western Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s) Jennifer Porter
Profession Lawyer

Charles Christian Porter (born 11 July 1970[1]) is a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bateman and is Treasurer and Attorney-General in the Liberal-National government. He entered Parliament after winning the seat of Murdoch in a by-election in 2008 following the death of the sitting member, Trevor Sprigg. Porter was immediately appointed as Shadow Attorney General.[2]

At the 2008 election, Porter contested and won the newly created seat of Bateman following the abolition of the seat of Murdoch in the 2007 redistribution. He was also appointed Attorney-General and Minister for Corrective Services after the election.[3]

On 14 December 2010, Porter was sworn in as Treasurer of Western Australia. He retained the portfolio of Attorney General, while the Corrective Services portfolio was transferred to Terry Redman.

Porter was educated at the University of Western Australia where he graduated Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Arts with first class honours in politics, before completing a Bachelor of Law degree Porter later studied at the London School of Economics in a Masters of Political Theory from which he graduated at the top of his class with distinction.

Prior to entering Parliament, Porter worked predominantly as a lawyer, starting as a commercial litigator at Clayton Utz before moving to public practice. He spent a year as an advisor to the Federal Minister for Justice and then began working for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions as a Senior State Prosecutor. Before his election in 2008, Porter was working as a lecturer at the University of Western Australia as well as retaining, part-time, his position as senior prosecutor at the DPP.[4]

References

  1. ^ WA Parliament bio
  2. ^ Tullberg, Julie (23 February 2008). "SMH Online News - Porter claims win in Murdoch by-election". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://news.smh.com.au/national/porter-claims-win-in-murdoch-byelection-20080223-1u8h.html. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  3. ^ Anglie Raphael, Christian Porter is given the role of Shadow Attorney General, Melville times community, 18 March 2008, p.3
  4. ^ Christian Porter, Member for Bateman - About Christian
Political offices
Preceded by
Jim McGinty
Attorney-General of Western Australia
2008–present
Incumbent
Parliament of Western Australia
Preceded by
Trevor Sprigg
Member for Murdoch
2008
District abolished
New district Member for Bateman
2008–present
Incumbent



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