John Carey (Australian politician)

John Newton Carey (born 11 July 1974) is an Australian politician who is the Labor member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.

John Carey MLA
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Perth
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Eleni Evangel
Mayor of the City of Vincent
In office 19 October 2013 – 30 January 2017
Preceded by	Alannah MacTiernan
Succeeded by	Emma Cole
Personal details
Born	11 July 1974 Perth, Western Australia
Political party	Labor

Carey founded Western Australia's first town team: the Beaufort Street Network, and was co-founder of the then popular street festival, the Beaufort Street Festival.[1]

Before being elected as Mayor of the City of Vincent, Carey worked for five years as the Director of the Kimberley Conservation Project for the Pew Environment Group, where he successfully campaigned for the creation of the Great Kimberley Marine Park.[2][3]

He was the mayor of the City of Vincent from 2013 to 2017.[4][5][6][7] As Mayor of Vincent, he advocated for greater transparency and accountability in local government, writing and releasing a public discussion paper "Raising the Bar", and introduced a series of measures to enhance public reporting at the City of Vincent, including an online gifts register and WA's first contact with developers register.[8][9][10][11]

During his tenure in 2016 with a new CEO at the helm and council, the City of Vincent was independently rated first among 25 councils, receiving an overall performance score of 82 out of 100, compared to 16th out of 18 councils in 2010.[12] The Catalyse Community Scorecard surveys households across a local government area, and found the City of Vincent ranked highest in 18 out of 40 benchmarks, including place to live, governing organisation, and the city's leadership within the community.[13]

On his election at the State Member for Perth, he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations. He received the additional appointment of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands on 3 August 2017.[14]

Carey is openly gay.[15]

References

1. Herald, Your (23 August 2013). "Carey for mayor". Perth Voice Interactive. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
2. "Increased Protection for Kimberley Marine Life Welcomed". pew.org. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
3. "New Kimberley Marine Park to rival GBR". Australian Geographic. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
4. Taylor, Belle (11 March 2017). "WA Election 2017: John Carey won't seek a cabinet position if Labor wins". Perth Now. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
5. "John Carey wins the seat of Perth for Labor". The West Australian. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
6. Strutt, Jessica (8 March 2016). "Vincent Mayor John Carey puts hand up for Perth seat". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
7. Perpitch, Nicolas (15 December 2016). "John Carey steps down as Vincent Mayor to contest Perth seat for Labor". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
8. "Accountability & Governance » City of Vincent". www.vincent.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
9. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-03/city-of-vincent-threatens-to-leave-walga-over-accountability/7136470
10. "City of Vincent threatens to leave local government body". www.abc.net.au. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
11. "Anger as council gifts, travel transparency bid voted down". www.abc.net.au. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
12. "City of Vincent Voted No 1 | Central Paragon". paragonproperty.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
13. "City of Vincent Voted No 1 | Central Paragon". paragonproperty.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
14. Parliament of Western Australia. https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/memblist.nsf/WAMembers. Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. McNeill, Heather (14 December 2017). "'Being gay just feels normal here': Perth's most popular suburbs for same sex couples to live revealed". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.