Katina Hodson-Thomas (born 28 April 1957) is an Australian politician who was a

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member of the

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representing the electorate of

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after winning the seat in the 1996 election. She was subsequently re-elected to the seat in 2001 and 2005 but retired just before the 2008 election. Born in

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, a suburb of

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, she was educated at the local high school before leaving to arrive in

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in 1987. As the shadow minister for transport, Hodson-Thomas was critical of the government's route for the

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, claiming that the former Court government's Kenwick route was better. She also claimed in 2002 that the government had "grossly over-estimated" patronage on the line. After the line opened in 2007, patronage was significantly higher than projected. In January 2008, Hodson-Thomas announced that she would retire from politics at the end of her term. She left the party as a result of a bitter leadership feud between

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and then-leader

Troy Buswell Troy Raymond Buswell (born 19 March 1966) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2014, representing the seat of Vasse. He was Treasurer of Western Australia in the Bar ...

, and after Buswell had made inappropriate sexist comments to her in front of a large number of male colleagues, for which Buswell later apologised. She went on to remark that the state parliament was a boys' club and the male members need to lift their standards. Her successor in Carine was Tony Krsticevic who won pre-selection and then the seat in the 2008 election.

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