Brian Burke (Australian politician)
| Brian Burke | |
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| 23rd Premier of Western Australia | |
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In office 25 February 1983 – 25 February 1988 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Richard Trowbridge Gordon Reid |
| Deputy | Mal Bryce |
| Preceded by | Ray O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowding |
| Leader of the Labor Party in Western Australia |
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In office 18 September 1981 – 25 February 1988 |
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| Deputy | Mal Bryce |
| Preceded by | Ron Davies |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowding |
| Treasurer of Western Australia | |
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In office 25 February 1983 – 25 February 1988 |
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| Premier | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ray O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowding |
| Minister Co-ordinating Economic and Social Development |
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In office 25 February 1983 – 16 March 1987 |
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| Premier | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ray O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Peter Dowding |
| Minister for Forestry | |
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In office 25 February 1983 – 22 March 1985 |
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| Premier | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ian Laurance |
| Succeeded by | Monty House |
| Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Balga |
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In office 19 February 1983 – 25 February 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Succeeded by | Ted Cunningham |
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In office 30 March 1974 – 19 February 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Balcatta |
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In office 19 February 1977 – 25 February 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency re-established |
| Succeeded by | Ron Bertram |
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In office 30 March 1973 – 30 March 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Herb Graham |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Brian Thomas Burke 25 February 1947 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Relations | Terry Burke (brother) |
| Parents |
Tom Burke Madeline Orr |
| Profession |
Journalist Politician |
Brian Thomas Burke (born 25 February 1947) was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988. He was imprisoned for seven months in 1994, after being convicted of "false pretence" regarding travel expenses.
In the following decades, Burke continued to maintain his Labor party contacts and parliamentary influence, using them to further his career as a pro-business lobbyist. He worked both sides of politics in partnership with disgraced former ministerial colleague Julian Grill and assisted by former senator Noel Crichton-Browne.
A son of federal Labor parliamentarian Tom Burke, Brian Burke started his career as a journalist, initially at The West Australian newspaper and later in radio and television.
Burke entered the Legislative Assembly at the 1973 Balcatta by-election, which he won by only 30 votes on the two-party-preferred count. His elder brother Terry held the seat of Perth from 1968 to 1987 and acted as a paid collector of campaign donations during the WA Inc period.
In 1981, Brian Burke defeated Ron Davies to become opposition leader. At the 19 February 1983 state election, he became the state's 23rd premier (and its third youngest after John Scaddan and Newton Moore), ending almost nine years of conservative coalition government which had commenced under Sir Charles Court (1974-1982), and was completed by Ray O'Connor (1982–1983).
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