constituency successor birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name partner
east metropolitan batong pham kalgoorlie australian australia australian labor party senator of western australia for western australia member of the legislative council 18 april 1972 1 july 2008 22 may 2001 louise pratt shark rally crop.png louise pratt
 30 june 2014 29 october 2007 louise pratt aram hosie
louise pratt

louise clare pratt -lrb- born 18 april 1972 -rrb- is a former australian politician .
she was a labor member of the australian senate from july 2008 until june 2014 , representing the state of western australia .
she had been assured of election at the 2007 federal election after winning the first position on the labor ticket , defeating incumbent senator ruth webber in a preselection contest .
pratt previously served as a member of the western australian legislative council from 2001 to 2007 .
she was the youngest woman ever elected to the legislative council at the time of her election , the second open lesbian to be elected to an australian parliament , and the first to have a transgender man as a partner .
