Eleni Evangel is a former Australian politician who was the member for the

Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House, Perth, Parliament House in the Western Australian capi ...

seat of

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

from 2013 to 2017. She was a

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councillor between 2005 and 2013. Evangel, who is of Greek descent, was born in

and has a teaching and television presenting background. She is the daughter of Anastasios Parissis, once a prominent nightclub and restaurant owner in Northbridge. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly seat of Perth at the general election of 9 March 2013. She attained 48.6% of the primary vote and won on preferences. She ran again in 2017 and lost.

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Parliament profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evangel, Eleni 1965 births Living people Australian people of Greek descent Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Perth City Councillors 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Women local councillors in Australia