Rodney Noel Sweetman (born 21 June 1953) is a former
Australian politician. He was a
Liberal member of 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 in the Western Australian capital, Perth.
The Legislat ...
from 1996 to 2005.
Sweetman was born in the
Perth
Perth is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the Australian states and territories of Australia, state of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth most populous city in Aust ...
suburb of
Subiaco. He was first elected to state parliament at the
1996 state election winning the seat of
Ningaloo and was subsequently re-elected to the same seat at the
2001 state election.
Ningaloo was abolished ahead of the
2005 state election with its territory split between
Murchison-Eyre and the new seat of
North West Coastal. Sweetman chose to contest neither seat, instead unsuccessfully seeking Liberal preselection in more winnable districts elsewhere.
He then sought endorsement from the
Family First Party
The Family First Party was a conservative political party in Australia which existed from 2002 to 2017. It was founded in South Australia where it enjoyed its greatest electoral support. Since the demise of the Australian Conservatives into wh ...
but was rejected due to his vote in support of decriminalising abortion.
Sweetman has since returned to the Liberal Party, standing unsuccessfully as its candidate for the seat of
North West
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at the
2008 state election.
References
External links
WA Parliament biography
1953 births
Living people
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Australian politicians
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