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Nationality
  
Australian

Role
  
Australian Politician

Political party
  
Labor Party

Spouse
  
Mandy Giffard

Education
  
BA MA

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

Name
  
Graham Giffard


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Constituency
  
North Metropolitan Region

Born
  
21 February 1959 (age 65) Camberwell, Victoria (
1959-02-21
)

Profession
  
Industrial Officer CFMEU

Graham Thomas Giffard (born 21 February 1959) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2000 to 2008, representing the North Metropolitan Region.

Born in Camberwell, Victoria, Giffard moved to Western Australia in 1981 and joined the Labor Party in 1986. For two years he worked for the member for Fremantle, John Dawkins and then another two years for secretary of the Cabinet, Bill Thomas.

For the following eight years Giffard worked for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Workers Union of Australia (CFMEU) which was then known as the Australian Builders Labourers Federation.

He was first elected to Parliament in February 2000 on a countback for the South Metropolitan Region after the resignation of John Halden, and subsequently re-elected to the North Metropolitan Region in the 2001 and 2005 state elections he is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Giffard resigned his seat on 11 August 2008 to stand as the Labor Party candidate for the Legislative Assembly district of Swan Hills at the 2008 state election. He was defeated by Liberal Party candidate Frank Alban.

References

Graham Giffard Wikipedia


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