Graham Giffard

Graham Giffard

Infobox MLA | name =Graham Giffard


imagesize = 150px
nationality =Australian
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term_start =7 February 2000
term_end =
deputy =
predecessor =
successor =
birth_date =Birth date and age|1959|21|02|mf=y
birth_place =Camberwell, Victoria
constituency =North Metropolitan Region
party =Labor Party
spouse =Mandy
profession =Industrial Officer CFMEU
education =BA MA
religion =


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Graham Thomas Giffard born 21 September, 1959 in Camberwell, Victoria is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region.

Giffard moved to Western Australia in 1981 and joined the Labor Party in 1986. He worked for two years working for the member for Fremantle, John Dawkins and then another two years for the parliamentary 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. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/E293C9E4A9C6B97F482568860036CA3E/$file/maidengiffard.pdf|title=Graham Giffard - Inaugural Speech|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-24]

He was first elected to Parliament in February 2000 in South Metropolitan Region after the retirement of Stanley 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. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Giffard,+Graham+Thomas?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook
year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-24]

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