education constituency predecessor successor birth_place party profession term_start article_title term_end name
ba dip soc sci kenwick yvonne henderson chris tallentire yorkshire england australian labor party employee relations manager 14 december 1996 sheila mchale
 6 september 2008 sheila mchale
sheila mchale

sheila mchale is a former australian labor party mp in the government of western australia .
prior to retirement , she served as member for kenwick and minister for disability services , tourism , culture and the arts , and consumer protection .
born in yorkshire , england she emigrated to western australia in 1978 .
she was first elected to state parliament in 1996 and served as the shadow minister for health , the arts and heritage .
during this period , she spent three years as an elected councillor .
in 2001 , she was re-elected to state-parliament as gallop took power and undertook the position of cabinet minister , as minister for community development , women 's interests , seniors and youth ; disability services ; and culture and the arts .
in march 2008 , mchale announced that she would retire and not contest the upcoming state election .
in the 2008 election the seat of kenwick was abolished and replaced with the seat of gosnells .
chris tallentire was preselected and won the new seat for the alp despite a swing of 5.9 % against them .
