Max Trenorden

Max Trenorden
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 February 1986
Preceded by	Ken McIver
Constituency	Agricultural region
Personal details
Born	1 August 1948 (1948-08-01) (age 63) Wyalkatchem Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Nationals

Maxwell Wayne "Max" Trenorden (born 1 August 1948 in Wyalkatchem Western Australia) is an Australian politician. He was a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1986 to September, representing the electorate of Avon.^[1] Trenorden was elected as the Nationals member for the Agricultural region in the Legislative Councilin 2008.

Educated in Wyalkatchem Primary then later at Scotch College, Perth, Trenorden worked as a farmer in his early years before spending 18 years as an insurance agent and broker.^[2] Trenorden regained the seat of Avon from Ken McIver (ALP) in 1986 and has been successful in holding the seat since. Appointed as leader of the Nationals in 2001, Trenorden held the position until 2005. He became Father of the House of the Legislative Assembly in 2005.

Trenorden stood down from the Legislative Assembly just prior to the 2008 election and contested the election as the lead candidate for the Agricultural region in the Legislative Council. Trenorden gained the seat as the sole Nationals member.

References

1. ^ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2007. http://parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5Cmemblist.nsf/AllDocs/0C1C5F8144AF7CD3482565D20029B622?opendocument. Retrieved 2008-04-20. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "National Party WA Profile". 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080719125708/http://www.nationalswa.com/New+MP+pages/MTrenorden.aspx. Retrieved 2008-04-20. 

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Name	Trenorden, Max
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Date of birth	1948-08-01
Place of birth	Wyalkatchem Western Australia
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