Peter Tinley

July 9, 1962

He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since November 2009, representing the electorate of Willagee. He spent 17 of his 25 years in the Army in the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). In 2002, he was the lead tactical planner for Australia"s special forces advising the United States, and in 2003 he served as Deputy Commander for the Special Forces Task Group in Iraq. In late 2006, after leaving the army with the rank of major, Tinley spoke out against the decision of the Howard government to support the United States and British initiative to invade Iraq on the basis of purported evidence of the country"s possession of weapons of mass destruction. He also called for the immediate withdrawal of Australian troops. In the meantime, Tinley conducted strategic planning and leadership workshops. Among other clients, he worked with the West Coast Eagles Football Club coaching staff He also ran a small business. In 2006, former federal opposition leader Kim Beazley approached Tinley to run for the federal Division of Stirling as the Australian Labor Party"s endorsed candidate at the 2007 election. The sitting member, Liberal Member of Parliament Michael Keenan, retained the seat with a slightly reduced majority. Upon the resignation of former Premier Alan Carpenter from the safe Labor state seat of Willagee, Tinley was preselected to run for Labor at the resulting by-election on 28 November 2009.

Peter Tinley

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University of New England.

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He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since November 2009, representing the electorate of Willagee. He spent 17 of his 25 years in the Army in the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR). In 2002, he was the lead tactical planner for Australia"s special forces advising the United States, and in 2003 he served as Deputy Commander for the Special Forces Task Group in Iraq.

In late 2006, after leaving the army with the rank of major, Tinley spoke out against the decision of the Howard government to support the United States and British initiative to invade Iraq on the basis of purported evidence of the country"s possession of weapons of mass destruction.

He also called for the immediate withdrawal of Australian troops. In the meantime, Tinley conducted strategic planning and leadership workshops.

Among other clients, he worked with the West Coast Eagles Football Club coaching staff He also ran a small business.

In 2006, former federal opposition leader Kim Beazley approached Tinley to run for the federal Division of Stirling as the Australian Labor Party"s endorsed candidate at the 2007 election.

The sitting member, Liberal Member of Parliament Michael Keenan, retained the seat with a slightly reduced majority. Upon the resignation of former Premier Alan Carpenter from the safe Labor state seat of Willagee, Tinley was preselected to run for Labor at the resulting by-election on 28 November 2009.

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Born in the northern Perth suburb of Karrinyup, Tinley joined the Australian Army in 1981 and graduated from Royal Military College, Duntroon, earning the Queen"s Medal as the cadet graduating top of his class. In the same year, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (Department of Administration and Management) for "dynamic leadership and consistent professional excellence".

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He was ultimately elected as the member for Willagee with over 60% of the two-party-preferred vote against the Greens" Hsien Harper.

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Member of the Order of Australia; Queen's Medal