Bob Kucera

Bob Kucera

Infobox MLA | name =Bob Kucera


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nationality =Australian
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term_start =10 February 2001
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1944|11|16|mf=y
birth_place =Cardiff, Wales Wales
constituency =Yokine
party =Independent formerly Australian Labor Party
spouse = Susan
profession =Policeman
education =
religion =


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Robert "Bob" Charles Kucera (born 6 November 1944 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Yokine in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2001 election, initially for the Australian Labor Party and, since June 2008, as an Independent. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Kucera,+Robert+(Bob)+Charles?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04]

Joining the police force of Western Australia in 1966, Kucera served for 34 years, achieving the rank of assistant commissioner before resigning to enter politics in 2001 [cite web|url=http://www.wawelshsociety.org.au/readarticle.php?article_id=4|title=The Welsh Society of WA - Patron Hon Bob Kucera|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04] after being recruited by then Premier Geoff Gallop. [cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23721277-2761,00.html|title=Perthnow - Bob Kucera quits ALP, goes independent|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04]

Appointed as Health minister in 2001, Kucera held the position until 2003 before losing the portfolio to Jim McGinty in a cabinet reshuffle. [cite web|url=http://www.virtualcancercentre.com/news.asp?artid=265|title=McGinty bites health bullet|year=2003|accessdate=2008-06-04]

Kucera resigned as the minister of Sports and Seniors in October 2005 after claims of a conflict in interest. Kucera and his wife both held shares in Alinta Gas, an energy supply company, when cabinet made a $90 million decision that would benefit the company. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1481887.htm|title=ABC Local Transcript - WA minister resigns over conflict of interest|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04] [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1481354.htm|title=ABC News Online - Conflict of interest forces Kucera to resign|year=2005|accessdate=2008-06-04]

The seat of Yokine is to be abolished in an electoral redistribution in 2008 for the 2009 election, Kucera lost preselection for the seat of Mount Lawley to Premier Alan Carpenter's recruit, former journalist and lobbyist Karen Brown. As a result Kucera quit the Labor party in 2008 to stay as an independent and intends to contest the new seat as an indepedent in the 2009 election. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2006/s2223398.htm|title=Stateline - Kucera Considers Standing As Independent|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04]

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