MPs who are walking away from politics

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THE following Members of Parliament are walking away from the political arena after today's election.


LABOR PARTY

Kim Chance: Member for the Agricultural Region in the Legislative Council. Leader of the House and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests.

Judy Edwards: Member for Maylands in the Legislative Assembly. Former environment minister.
Nick Griffiths: Member for the East Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council. President of the
Upper House and former minister for racing and gaming and government enterprises.

Sheila McHale: Member for Kenwick (renamed Gosnells after electoral redistribution) in the Legislative Council. Minister for Disability Services, Tourism, Culture and the Arts and Consumer Protection.

Sheila Mills: Member for the South Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.

Batong Pham: Member for the East Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.

Jaye Radisich: Member for Swan Hills in the Legislative Assembly. Announced her retirement after being overlooked by Premier Alan Carpenter for a new safe Labor seat.

Fred Riebeling: Member for NorthWest Coastal and Speaker for the Legislative Assembly.

LIBERAL PARTY
Matt Birney: Member for Kalgoorlie in the Legislative Assembly. Elected Opposition leader after the 2005 state election, but dumped a year later after a series of gaffes.
George Cash: Member for the North Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council. Former minister for mines and lands and president of the Legislative Council.

Bruce Donaldson: Member for Agricultural Region in the Legislative Council.

Ray Halligan: Member for North Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council and Upper House party whip.

Katie HodsonThomas: Member for Carine in the Legislative Assembly. She announced her retirement after Troy Buswell became Liberal leader in January, saying he had made sexist remarks towards her.

Barbara Scott: Member for the South Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council.

INDEPENDENTS
Shelley Archer: Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region in the Legislative Council. She resigned from the ALP in November 2007 after a parliamentary inquiry found she had leaked confidential committee records to disgraced former premier Brian Burke.

Bob Kucera: Member for Yokine (now divided between Mt Lawley and Nollamara) in the Legislative Assembly. He held several ministries, including health, until he was thrown out of Cabinet over a share scandal in 2005. He was overlooked for preselection in Mt Lawley and Nollamara and later resigned from the ALP.

Paul Omodei: Member for Warren-Blackwood (now Blackwood-Stirling) in the Legislative Assembly. He overthrew Matt Birney as Opposition leader in 2006 and was himself toppled by Troy Buswell in early 2007. He was involved in several failed attempts to oust Mr Buswell.

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