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Dean Cambell Nalder (born 5 February 1966) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of
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for the
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from 2013 to 2021, representing the seat of Alfred Cove until 2017, and Bateman following the 2017 electoral boundary re-distribution. At various times, he served as
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, Minister for Finance and Minister for Agriculture and Food in the ministry of
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from 2014 to 2016. Following the Liberals' defeat at the 2017 state election, Nalder served in a number of shadow portfolios in the shadow ministries of
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and
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until resigning from the frontbench on 8 December 2020, following his announcement of retirement from politics at the next election. He was succeeded in his seat of Bateman by Labor's Kim Giddens on 13 March 2021.


Early life

Nalder was born in
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, and raised on a farm at Wagin, in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. His father, Cambell Nalder, was a
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member of parliament, and his grandfather, Sir Crawford Nalder, was a leader of the
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and
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. Nalder attended
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for his secondary education, and attended
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, graduating in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in business, economics and financial management. In 1995, Nalder completed a graduate diploma in applied finance from the Securities Institute of Australia. He worked for the
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from 1990 until 2008. Various promotions during those years saw him moving successively to Sydney and Melbourne. In 2004, he returned to Perth, to take up the position of general manager retail for South Australia and Western Australia. In 2008, Nalder joined
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as state commercial manager, leaving the organisation in 2010, rather than move to the eastern states.


Australian rules football career

Between 1988 and 1991, Nalder played
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for the
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, appearing in 30 matches in the
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(WAFL). He represented South Fremantle as a
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in the 1989 2nd semi-final of the WAFL. He retired in 1992 due to injuries.


Politics

Nalder entered parliament at the 2013 state election, winning the seat of Alfred Cove from the
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incumbent Janet Woollard. Following the resignation of
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from the
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on 10 March 2014, Nalder was appointed
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and Minister for Finance. He replaced
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(who had been elevated to
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) in the latter position. Nalder was removed as Minister of Finance in December 2014 after allegations emerged of potential conflicts of interest between his private business interests and his ministerial responsibilities. The allegations included that he had failed to properly disclose a personal investment he had made in Metier Asia and had a potential conflict of interest relating to a car leasing company which provided services to public servants under a scheme administered by his own department.
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n Premier
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ordered a review of Nalder's private financial interests and, despite the review finding no evidence that Nalder had sought or gained any personal benefit, criticised him for "serious errors of judgement" and demoted him as the Minister for Finance. Nalder accepted his demotion and acknowledged that he had made mistakes which had "created the perception of a potential wrong-doing." In October 2015, WA Auditor General Colin Murphy found Nalder's refusal to provide information to Parliament about the controversial Perth Freight Link was "not appropriate" and "not reasonable". A redistribution ahead of the 2017 state election saw Alfred Cove abolished, with most of Nalder's base transferred to neighbouring Bateman, held by fellow first-term Liberal Matt Taylor. Nalder challenged Taylor for Liberal preselection and won. At the election, he retained Bateman for the Liberals, albeit with a swing of 13.7 percent.


MAX Light Rail

MAX Light Rail was a proposed
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network promised by the Liberal Party in the lead-up to the 2013 election. Construction of the first stage was originally scheduled to begin in 2016, and be completed by the end of 2018. However, Nalder deferred the project in 2015 for three years, in response to the Barnett Government's financial woes and the loss of the state's AAA Credit Rating. Under the new timeframe, the MAX network was to open in 2022. In April 2014, Nalder became Minister for Transport just a year after entering Parliament. Nalder announced the government would investigate splitting the project into two parts, to allow an earlier start to be made on construction, with priority given to the Balga – CBD section. In March 2015, Nalder announced the government was considering using buses to implement the MAX route rather than light rail. He said a preliminary analysis suggested that using buses would cost approximately 50% less than a light rail system. At the time, Nalder denied that represented a broken promise. In February 2016, Nalder announced another change, this time promising a heavy rail line. In June 2016, Nalder confirmed that the MAX light rail plan had been cancelled. While still planning a northern transport corridor, he said it would not be implemented using light rail and would use other alternatives.


Later

In September 2016, Nalder resigned from the ministry, stating he no longer supported Colin Barnett as leader of the Liberal Party Days after his resignation, Nalder announced that he would stand for the Liberal Party leadership if a
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was successful. At a party-room meeting, the spill motion was moved by one of his supporters, Murray Cowper, but was defeated 31–15, and Nalder subsequently said that he had "no further interest in any challenge". In November 2020, Nalder announced he would run for the Liberal leadership, following
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's resignation four months out from the
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, but dropped out of the race shortly before
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, citing a lack of sufficient support. In December 2020, he announced that he would not re-contest his seat of Bateman at the election due in March 2021, citing family reasons. A few days later, he also announced his immediate resignation as shadow treasurer, reportedly throwing the Liberal Party into disarray.


See also

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South Fremantle Football Club South Fremantle Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, Western Australia. The club plays in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) and the WAFL Women's (WAFLW), commonly going by the nickname the ''Bulldogs ...
*
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*
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nalder, Dean Living people 1966 births Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Narrogin, Western Australia Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia South Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia 21st-century Australian politicians