Fredrick Riebeling (born 29 January 1953) is an Australian politician. He was a

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member of the

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from 1992 to 2008. Riebeling was born in

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. Before becoming a member of parliament, he was a Roebourne shire president. He represented the electorate of Ashburton until it was abolished in 1994 and became part of the electorate of Burrup, which itself was later abolished in a redistribution in 2003 and became part of the electorate of North West Coastal. Riebeling was appointed as the

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in 2001. He is married to Colleen Riebling and has three sons. Riebeling retired shortly before the 2008 election and Vince Catania, the son of Balcatta MP

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, won preselection for the vacant seat and retained the seat for the Labor Party. Riebeling is currently an elected member for the

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after winning his 2011 WA local government election contest for a Coastal Ward seat. In 2013, Riebeling stood against incumbent Liberal

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for the

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in the 2013 state election, however was unsuccessful in his bid. In 2019, Riebeling was appointed Commissioner of the

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. Riebeling was appointed a

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in the

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