- Katie Hodson-Thomas
Infobox MLA | name =Katie Hodson-Thomas
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nationality =Australian
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term_start =14 December 1996
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deputy =
predecessor =Jim Clarko
successor =
birth_date =April 28 1957
birth_place =AdelaideSouth Australia
constituency =Carine
party =Liberal
spouse =Kerry
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footnotes =|Katina "Katie" Hodson-Thomas was born
April 28 ,1957 in Adelaide inSouth Australia . She has been a Liberal member of theWestern Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Carine after winning the seat in the 1996 election. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Hodson-Thomas,+Katina+(Katie)?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10] She was subsequently re-elected to the seat in 2001 and 2005.Born in
Norwood, South Australia , a suburb ofAdelaide, South Australia , she was educated at the local high school before leaving to arrive inWestern Australia in 1987. [cite web|url=http://www.mp.wa.gov.au/hodson-thomas/|title=Katie Hodson-Thomas MLA JP - Member of Carine|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10]In January 2008, Hodson-Thomas announced that she will retire from politics at the end of her term. She left the party as a result of a bitter leadership feud between
Paul Omodei and current leaderTroy Buswell , and after Buswell had made inappropriate sexist comments to her in front of a large number of male colleagues, for which Buswell later apologised. She went on to remark that the state parliament was a boys club and the male members need to lift their standards. [cite web|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=54754|title=The West Australian - Katie Hodson-Thomas quits Boys Club|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10] [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/17/2140699.htm|title=ABC News - Hodson-Thomas resigns from politics|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10]References
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