Kim Hames | |
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.jpg) Hames in October 2012 | |
| Deputy Premier of Western Australia | |
| In office 23 September 2008 – 16 February 2016 | |
| Premier | Colin Barnett |
| Preceded by | Eric Ripper |
| Succeeded by | Liza Harvey |
| Member of theLegislative Assembly ofWestern Australia | |
| In office 26 February 2005 – 30 January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Zak Kirkup |
| Constituency | Dawesville |
| In office 6 February 1993 – 14 December 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Keith Wilson |
| Succeeded by | None(abolished) |
| Constituency | Dianella |
| In office 14 December 1996 – 10 February 2001 | |
| Preceded by | None(new seat) |
| Succeeded by | Bob Kucera |
| Constituency | Yokine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kim Desmond Hames (1953-03-24)24 March 1953 (age 72) Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Kim Desmond Hames (born 24 March 1953) is an Australian politician who was aLiberal Party member of theLegislative Assembly ofWestern Australia from 1993 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2017. He served as a minister in the governments ofRichard Court andColin Barnett, and wasdeputy premier to Barnett from 2008 to 2016. Hames retired from parliament at the2017 state election.[1]
Hames was born inPerth to Eunice (née Jackson) and Reginald Hames. He attendedGuildford Grammar School before going on to theUniversity of Western Australia to study medicine. After graduation, he worked as ageneral practitioner, which had also been his father's profession. Hames was elected to theBayswater City Council in 1985, and served as a councillor until his election to parliament in 1993.[2]
Hames first stood for parliament atthe 1987 by-election for theseat of Morley-Swan, but was defeated by theLabor candidate,Frank Donovan. At the1989 state election, he contested theseat of Perth, but lost by a narrow margin to Labor'sIan Alexander. Hames was successful in his third attempt to enter parliament, winning theseat of Dianella from Labor'sKeith Wilson at the1993 election. He transferred to the newseat of Yokine at the1996 election, after Dianella was abolished in a redistribution.[3] Hames was elevated to the ministry in January 1997, becomingMinister for Housing,Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, andMinister for Water Resources in the government of Richard Court.[4] During his time as minister responsible for theDepartment of Aboriginal Affairs, he was involved in the repatriation from England of the head ofYagan, a 19th-centuryNoongar warrior.[5] Hames remained in the ministry until the2001 state election, when he was defeated in his own seat by Labor'sBob Kucera. The Court government was also defeated.[4]
At the2005 state election, Hames was re-elected to parliament as the member for theseat of Dawesville (taking in the southern suburbs ofMandurah). He replaced the retiring Liberal member,Arthur Marshall.[6] Hames was included in theshadow cabinet immediately after the election, and went on to serve under fourleaders of the opposition (Matt Birney,Paul Omodei,Troy Buswell, andColin Barnett).[4] He was elected deputy leader of the Liberal Party in January 2008, when Buswell became leader, and retained the deputy leadership when Buswell was replaced by Barnett later in the year.[7] The Liberal Party formed government after the2008 state election, with Hames becomingDeputy Premier,Minister for Health, and Minister for Indigenous Affairs (for a second time)[a] inthe new ministry. In December 2010, he was also appointedMinister for Tourism.[4] However, Hames resigned as tourism minister in July 2013, after being accused of abusing an accommodation entitlement.[8] Later in the year, in December 2013, he replacedTerry Redman asMinister for Training and Workforce Development. He eventually reclaimed his previous tourism portfolio in a December 2014 reshuffle, withLiza Harvey taking on the training portfolio.[4]
In December 2015, Hames announced his intention to resign as deputy leader of the Liberal Party (and thus also as deputy premier) with effect from February 2016.[9] Liza Harvey was elected unopposed as his successor.[10] Hames's term of seven years and almost five months as deputy premier is the most by any member of the Liberal Party, and he was the first Liberal sinceCyril Rushton in 1983 to hold the position.[b][11] He remained in cabinet until a reshuffle in March 2016.[4] Hames retired from parliament at the2017 state election, withZak Kirkup succeeding him as member for Dawesville.[12]
| Parliament of Western Australia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member forDianella 1993–1996 | Abolished |
| New seat | Member forYokine 1996–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member forDawesville 2005–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Deputy Premier 2008–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Housing 1997–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 1997–2001 2008–2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Water Resources 1997–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Health 2008–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Tourism 2010–2013 2014–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for Training and Workforce Development 2013–2014 | Succeeded by |
