Simon O'Brien (politician)
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Simon O'Brien (born 16 May 1960) is a West Australian politician.
O'Brien was born in Subiaco, Western Australia on and elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1996 for the term commencing 22 May 1997 on a Liberal Party ticket representing the Electoral region of South Metropolitan and re-elected in 2001 and 2005. He is currently the Legislative Council's Deputy Leader of the Opposition and is the opposition minister for Transport and Infrastructure; and, Asia Economic Development.
O'Brien has previously held a number of opposition portfolios including:
- Disability Services; Drug Abuse Strategies (2001-2005);
- Commerce and Trade; Disability Services; Works and Services (2005-2006);
- Education; Commerce and Trade (2006)
Other parliamentary roles have included:
- Deputy Chairman of Committees 2001-present
- Member of the Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation & General Purposes from April 2002-2005 (Chairman 2005)
- Member of Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations and Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from 1997 to 2001
- Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation from June 1997 - 21 May 2001
- Member of Standing Committee on Procedure and Privileges from May 2001 - present
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from August 2005 - present.
O'Brien has been married for over 25 years to Joy O'Brien.
