# Ed Dermer

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{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1957)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Ed Dermer
| honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| honorific_suffix = [MLC](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council)
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| office           = Member of the [Western Australian Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) for [North Metropolitan Region](/source/Electoral_region_of_North_Metropolitan)
| term_start       = 22 May 1997
| term_end         = 21 May 2013
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1957|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Subiaco](/source/Subiaco%2C_Western_Australia), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)
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| party            = [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch))
| spouse           = Sylvie
| children         = 
| university       = 
| profession       = Union organiser
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}}

'''Edmund Rupert Joseph "Ed" Dermer''' (born 30 October 1957 in [Subiaco](/source/Subiaco%2C_Western_Australia), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the [Western Australian Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) (MLC), representing the [North Metropolitan Region](/source/Electoral_region_of_North_Metropolitan) from 1996 until 2013. A member of the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)), he was elected at the [1996 state election](/source/1996_Western_Australian_state_election), replacing retired MP Samuel Mathew Piantadosi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Dermer,+Edmund+(Ed)+Rupert+Joseph?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-24}}</ref>

Dermer was re-elected at the [2001](/source/2001_Western_Australian_state_election) and [2005](/source/2005_Western_Australian_state_election) state elections, and held the position of government [whip](/source/whip_(politics)) in the Legislative Council from May 2001 to September 2008, and opposition whip from then until his retirement in May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hon. Edmund (Ed) Rupert Joseph Dermer MLC BSc (Hons), Dip. Ed. |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Dermer,+Edmund+(Ed)+Rupert+Joseph?opendocument |publisher=Parliament of Western Australia |access-date=2023-10-27}}</ref>

Dermer was one of the three North Metropolitan Labor MLCs, including [Graham Giffard](/source/Graham_Giffard) and [Ken Travers](/source/Ken_Travers), who were critical to the introduction of [daylight saving](/source/daylight_saving) in [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) in 2006. Initially intending to vote against the move, they all eventually decided to support it, in line with the wishes of their electorate and party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=11196 |title=The West Australian - Daylight saving hangs in the balance |year=2006 |accessdate=2008-07-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621155321/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=11196 |archivedate=21 June 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 2008, Dermer was caught in a [rip current](/source/rip_current) with his sons, Alexander and Cameron, while holidaying at a [Surfers Paradise](/source/Surfers_Paradise) beach. Dermer and Cameron had to be rescued by lifesavers. Not long after that, Dermer was diagnosed with a [melanoma](/source/melanoma) on the back of his neck, which was removed and found to be [malignant](/source/malignant).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23788694-948,00.html |title=Perthnow - WA politician Ed Dermer survives rip, cancer scares |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601152516/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23788694-948,00.html |archivedate=1 June 2008 }}</ref>

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Category:1957 births
Category:Living people
Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Category:Politicians from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Category:21st-century Australian politicians

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