{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Distinguish|text =Graeme West, a New Zealand former rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Graham West | honorific_suffix = | image = Graham West.JPG | image_size = | caption = | constituency_MP2 = Campbelltown | parliament2 = New South Wales | term_start2 = 3 February 2001 | term_end2 = 14 February 2011 | predecessor2 = Michael Knight | successor2 = Bryan Doyle | office1 = Minister for Juvenile Justice | term_start1 = 8 September 2008 | term_end1 = 5 June 2010 | premier1 = Nathan Rees<br/>Kristina Keneally | predecessor1 = Barbara Perry | successor1 = Barbara Perry | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|9|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | constituency = | party = Labor Party | spouse = | profession = | signature = | footnotes = | website = }} '''Graham James West''' (born 21 September 1973) an Australian former politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown between 2001 and 2011 for the 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 Bob Carr appointed him as Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Treasurer and Minister for State Development. He was re-elected on 24 March 2007 and was appointed Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Minister for Sport and Recreation.<ref name="Graham West NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2157 |name=The Hon. Graham James West |former=Yes |access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Graham West NSW Parl"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/another-keneally-minister-quits-20100604-ximy.html | title = Another Keneally minister quits | last = Robins | first = Brian | date = 4 June 2010 | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | publisher = Fairfax Media | accessdate = 7 June 2010}}</ref>
In November 2010, he was appointed as the chief executive officer of the NSW State Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vinnies.org.au/files/NSW/Press%20Releases/St%20Vincent%20de%20Paul%20Society%20NSW%20Appoints%20new%20CEO.pdf |accessdate=22 October 2012 |publisher=St Vincent de Paul Society |title=St Vincent de Paul Society NSW appoints new Chief Executive Officer |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513014922/http://www.vinnies.org.au/files/NSW/Press%20Releases/St%20Vincent%20de%20Paul%20Society%20NSW%20Appoints%20new%20CEO.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2013}}</ref> In 2012, he was appointed to the Society's Australia National Council as a vice president and was elected Australian National President in March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.vinnies.org.au/icms_docs/225466_The_Record_Winter_Spring_2015.pdf | accessdate = 2 October 2016 | publisher = St Vincent de Paul Society | title = The Record Winter Spring 2015 | archive-date = 15 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415124353/https://www.vinnies.org.au/icms_docs/225466_The_Record_Winter_Spring_2015.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> He is also a member of the International Council General of the Society, and Chair of the International Finance and Accountability Commission and Concordat.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://en.ssvpglobal.org/News/CGI-news/Presenting-the-New-Members-of-the-International-Council-General | accessdate = 2 October 2016 | publisher = St Vincent de Paul Society | title = Presenting the new members of the International Council General }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBSpeaker?open&vwCat=West,%20Mr%20Graham Speeches in Hansard by Graham West] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222643/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBSpeaker?open&vwCat=West%2C%20Mr%20Graham |date=26 September 2007 }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{succession box|title=Member for Campbelltown|before=Michael Knight | years = 2001–2011 | after = Bryan Doyle}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before= Reba Meagher}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister Assisting the Premier on Citizenship| years = 2007 }} {{s-aft|rows=2|after= Barbara Perry}} {{s-bef|before= Diane Beamer}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Western Sydney | years = 2007 }} {{s-bef|before= Sandra Nori}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Sport and Recreation | years = 2007–2008 }} {{s-aft|rows=2|after= Kevin Greene}} {{s-bef|before= Grant McBride }} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Gaming and Racing | years = 2007–2008}} {{s-bef|before= Barbara Perry}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Juvenile Justice| years = 2008–2010 }} {{s-aft|after= Barbara Perry}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before= Linda Burney}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Youth| years = 2008–2009 }} {{s-aft|rows=3|after= Peter Primrose}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister for Volunteering| years = 2008–2009}} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl |title= Minister Assisting the Premier on Veterans Affairs| years = 2009 }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Graham}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Category:University of Wollongong alumni Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Category:21st-century Australian politicians