Sally Talbot
Australian politician (born 1953)
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::summary Australian politician (born 1953) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dr. Sally Talbot |
| honorific-prefix | The Honourable |
| honorific-suffix | MLC |
| office | Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West Region |
| term_start | 22 May 2005 |
| term_end | 21 May 2025 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | London, England, UK |
| party | Labor |
| spouse | Jon Ford |
| children | David Talbot |
| residence | Denmark, Western Australia |
| education | Royal College of Music |
| Murdoch University | |
| profession | ALP State secretary (WA), university lecturer and musician |
| birth_name | Sally Elizabeth Talbot |
| partner | Hon. Wendy Frances Fatin |
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Sally Elizabeth Talbot (born 22 March 1953) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2025, representing the region of South West.
In July 2024, she announced her retirement from politics.
Biography
Talbot came from a family active in the British Labour Party where politics was actively discussed and engaged in. At 16 she finished her secondary schooling and attended the Royal College of Music in London, specialising in the cello. She spent the next 15 years working as a musician, however she said her life always turned back to her interest in politics.
While attending Murdoch University in Perth in 1983, she joined the staff as a federal member of parliament, her first formal job in politics. In 2001 she became the Assistant Secretary of the Labor Party, a position she held until 2005. It was in this role that she discovered the importance of engaging ordinary citizens in politics to create a better community, thus it was important to have active and healthy political parties. She left her staff role with the party to become a member of parliament, and later as the first President of the Western Australian branch of the Labor Party to be elected by popular ballot in 2008.
Her doctorate in philosophy from Murdoch University was published, "Partial Reason: Critical and Constructive Transformations of Ethics and Epistemology".
Personal life
Talbot was in a relationship with Wendy Fatin, a retired federal politician; a son David was born into their relationship in 1986. She has since married Jon Ford, a former Minister in the Gallop and Carpenter governments and they live in Denmark, Western Australia.
References
References
- "Member List".
- "Sally Talbot has just announced she will be stepping down from the Legislative Council at the next State Election".
- [http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/13fe043ca6d5c54dc82574580020e9ff/ab0949005c132e1248257c750020080d/$FILE/Chapter%2063.%20Sally%20Talbot%20Making%20a%20Difference.pdf Making a Difference – A Frontier of Firsts], Parliament of Western Australia.
- "Sally Talbot MLC SHADOW MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDS; YOUTH; PEEL Member for South West Region". Letter of the Opposition.
- Smith, Megan. (3 July 2007). "Sally Talbot: Life and Politics". outinperth.com.
- (2007-07-03). "Sally Talbot: Life and Politics".
- (2012-03-20). "MP Jon Ford to retire at next election". ABC News.
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