predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp party office birth_date term_start spouse premier image article_title term_end name
michael knight barbara perry new south wales bryan doyle barbara perry campbelltown , new south wales , australia campbelltown australian labor party minister for juvenile justice 21 september 1973 3 february 2001 8 september 2008 tanya west nathan rees kristina keneally graham west.jpg graham west
 14 february 2011 5 june 2010 graham west
graham west

graham james west -lrb- born 21 september 1973 -rrb- , a former australian politician , was a member of the new south wales legislative assembly for campbelltown between 2001 and 2011 for the australian labor party .
west was elected member for campbelltown at a by-election on 3 february 2001 following the resignation of labor mp michael knight .
he was re-elected at the general election in march 2003 and premier morris iemma appointed him as parliamentary secretary assisting the premier on community and veterans affairs , and assisting the treasurer , and assisting the minister for finance .
he was re-elected on 24 march 2007 and was appointed minister for gaming and racing , and minister for sport and recreation .
he was appointed minister for juvenile justice , minister for volunteering and minister for youth in the new south wales state government on 8 september 2008 .
on 4 june 2010 , west announced in parliament his decision to resign from cabinet and would not contest the 2011 state election , giving his motivation as a desire to work for communities and organisations in a non-partisan way .
in november 2010 he was appointed as the chief executive officer of the nsw state council of the st vincent de paul society .
in september 2012 he became chief executive officer of the national australia day council .
as of october 2013 he has listed his profession as being proprietor , farmer and rouseabout at yindi bahloo , a 212 hectare property at east jindabyne .
