Anthony Fels

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constituency =Agricultural Region
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Anthony James Fels is an Australian politician. He is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region. Elected to Parliament in the 2005 state election he is a former member of the Liberal Party, but joined the Family First Party on the 14th of August 2008. [http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=91828]

Growing up on the family farm, located East of Esperance, Fels began his education at Castletown Primary School. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/D8EE66155AF6B2AA48257006001C2765/$file/Inaug+Fels.pdf|title=Anthony Fel - Inaugural Speech|year=2005|accessdate=2008-07-30] Fels then attended Esperance Senior High School and the University of Western Australia, where he studied Agricultural Science.

At University Fels first became interested in politics and ran for the Student Guild elections in his first year and for Guild President in his second and third years. On both occasions, he was runner up. He was elected as a delegate to the Australian Union of students in 1984.

Fels is also the sole director of Liquid Engineering, a Western Australian Chemical company. The company was prosecuted by the Federal Workplace Ombudsman in 2007 for failing to provide an employee their lawful entitlements.. [cite web|url=http://www.wo.gov.au/asp/index.asp?sid=7407&page=mediacentre-archive-view&cid=5321&id=923|title=Workplace Ombudsman - West Australian Chemical Company Prosecuted By Federal Workplace Ombudsman|year=2007|accessdate=2008-07-31]

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