Elizabeth Mettam (born 3 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the
Liberal member for
Vasse in the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly since a
by-election held on 18 October 2014. She is the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party since January 2023 and was the deputy leader of the party from
December 2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression i ...
to January 2023.
In the election, she was one of only two Liberal lower house MLAs to retain their seat, the other being
David Honey.
Education and early career
Mettam has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in broadcasting from the
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and a Masters in Public Administration from
Curtin University
Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...
.
Mattam worked as a journalist with the
ABC and
Channel Nine before spending a decade on the staff of
Barry House
Barry John House (born 27 November 1949) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1987 to 2017. He was President of the Legislative Council from 2009 to 2017, and prior t ...
.
See also
*
2020 Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) leadership election
References
External links
*
WA Parliament biography
1977 births
Living people
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Edith Cowan University alumni
Curtin University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Women deputy opposition leaders
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