Premier Colin Barnett Profession Accountant Preceded by Tony Dean Name John Castrilli | Succeeded by David Smith Spouse Loretta Castrilli Citizenship Australian | |
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Full Name Giovanni Mario Castrilli Born 22 November 1950 (age 73)
Roccamandolfi, Italy ( 1950-11-22 ) Political party Liberal Party of Australia Role Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Office Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2005 Party Liberal Party of Australia | ||
Giovanni "John" Mario Castrilli was born 22 November 1950 in Roccamandolfi in Italy. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bunbury after winning the seat in the 2005 election his retirement in 2017.
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Early life
Castrilli's father, Antonio, arrived in Australia in 1952 from after migrating from Roccamandolfi in Italy, he was joined by the rest of his family in 1954.
Political career
Starting his career in local politics in 1991, Castrilli served as a councillor of the City of Bunbury from 1991 to 1997. Castrilli was then elected as Mayor of Bunbury in 1997 and re-elected in 2001 with a two-party vote of 73.5%.
Contesting the seat of Bunbury for the first time in the 2005 election Castrilli beat the sitting Labor member with a swing of +0.6 points and winning the seat by 0.4 points.
He immediately became a shadow minister under leader Matt Birney, serving in the Local Government and Regional Development shadow portfolio from March 2005 to May 2005.
After the defeat of the Labor government at the 2008 election, he was appointed to the Barnett Ministry and became Minister for Local Government, in which role he has handled a controversial proposition to amalgamate smaller local councils.