Katie Hodson-Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Carine | |
| In office 14 December 1996 – 6 September 2008 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Tony Krsticevic |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 April 1957 Norwood, South Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
Katina Hodson-Thomas (born 28 April 1957) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Carine after winning the seat in the 1996 election.[1] She was subsequently re-elected to the seat in 2001 and 2005 but retired just before the 2008 election.
Born in Norwood, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, she was educated at the local high school before leaving to arrive in Western Australia in 1987.[2]
As the shadow minister for transport, Hodson-Thomas was critical of the government's route for the Mandurah line, claiming that the former Court government's Kenwick route was better. She also claimed in 2002 that the government had "grossly over-estimated" patronage on the line.[3] After the line opened in 2007, patronage was significantly higher than projected.[4]
In January 2008, Hodson-Thomas announced that she would retire from politics at the end of her term. She left the party as a result of a bitter leadership feud between Paul Omodei and then-leader Troy Buswell, and after Buswell had made inappropriate sexist comments to her in front of a large number of male colleagues, for which Buswell later apologised. She went on to remark that the state parliament was a boys' club and the male members need to lift their standards.[5][6]
Her successor in Carine was Tony Krsticevic who won pre-selection and then the seat in the 2008 election.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ "Katie Hodson-Thomas MLA JP - Member of Carine". 2008. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ Armstrong, Grahame (10 November 2002). "South rail link lashed". The West Australian. p. 2.
- ^ Thomas, Beatrice (4 July 2008). "Rail boom as petrol price soars". The West Australian. p. 9.
- ^ "The West Australian - Katie Hodson-Thomas quits Boys Club". 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ "ABC News - Hodson-Thomas resigns from politics". ABC News. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ^ "2008 Western Australian Election 2008". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
