# Ken Travers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ken_Travers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ken_Travers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Travers > Source revision: 1352171626 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Ken Travers | honorific_suffix = | image = Ken Travers.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Travers in 2011 | office = Member of the [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council)
of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) | constituency = [North Metropolitan Region](/source/Electoral_region_of_North_Metropolitan) | term_start = 22 May 1997 | term_end = 29 August 2016 | alongside = [Behjat](/source/Liz_Behjat), [Burton](/source/Carolyn_Burton), [Cadby](/source/Alan_Cadby), [Cash](/source/George_Cash), [Collier](/source/Peter_Collier_(politician)), [Dermer](/source/Ed_Dermer), [Evans](/source/Max_Evans_(politician)), [Giffard](/source/Graham_Giffard), [Halligan](/source/Ray_Halligan), [Hodgson](/source/Helen_Hodgson), [Katsambanis](/source/Peter_Katsambanis), [Mischin](/source/Michael_Mischin), [Pritchard](/source/Martin_Pritchard), [Ravlich](/source/Ljiljanna_Ravlich), [Watson](/source/Giz_Watson) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|2|1}} | birth_place = [Bramber](/source/Bramber), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), England | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)) }} '''Kenneth Dunstan Elder Travers''' (born 1 February 1961) is a former Australian politician who was a [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)) member of the [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1997 to 2016, representing [North Metropolitan Region](/source/Electoral_region_of_North_Metropolitan). ==Early life== Travers was born in [Bramber](/source/Bramber), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), England, to Ailsa (née Elder) and Laurence John Travers.[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/MemberNames/Travers,%20Kenneth%20(Ken)%20Dunstan%20Elder?OpenDocument Kenneth (Ken) Dunstan Elder Travers] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2016. He is a descendant of [Edward Ogilvie](/source/Edward_Ogilvie), a 19th-century member of the [New South Wales Legislative Council](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council).[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/9AA2D06D4FF7029F482565D0002C542C/$file/InaugTravers.pdf Tuesday, 10 June 1997], Hansard (Legislative Council of Western Australia). Retrieved 19 July 2016. Travers' parents moved to [Perth](/source/Perth) when he was an infant, and he attended [Mount Lawley Senior High School](/source/Mount_Lawley_Senior_High_School). After leaving school, he was employed as a customs officer for several years, and later also as a bus driver. From 1989, he worked as a political adviser and electorate officer, including in the office of Senator [Chris Evans](/source/Chris_Evans_(Australian_politician)). ==Politics== Travers was elected to parliament at the [1996 state election](/source/1996_Western_Australian_state_election), to a term commencing in May 1997. He was immediately included in the [shadow ministry](/source/shadow_ministry) of [Geoff Gallop](/source/Geoff_Gallop). However, when Labor was elected to government at the [2001 election](/source/2001_Western_Australian_state_election), Travers was not made a minister, but instead only a [parliamentary secretary](/source/parliamentary_secretary). After the [2005 election](/source/2005_Western_Australian_state_election), he was made deputy chairman of committees in the Legislative Council, a position which he held until 2013. The Labor government was defeated at the [2008 election](/source/2008_Western_Australian_state_election), and Travers was included in the shadow ministry formed by the new leader, [Eric Ripper](/source/Eric_Ripper).[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Travers,+Kenneth+(Ken)+Dunstan+Elder?opendocument Hon. Kenneth (Ken) Dunstan Elder Travers MLC], Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 19 July 2016. He retained his place when [Mark McGowan](/source/Mark_McGowan) replaced Ripper as leader in 2012, but resigned from the shadow ministry in June 2015 for personal reasons.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-03/wa-mp-ken-travers-resigns-from-shadow-cabinet/6517930 "Labor MP Ken Travers resigns from WA shadow cabinet"], ABC News, 3 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016. Travers retired from parliament in August 2016, and was replaced by [Laine McDonald](/source/Laine_McDonald).[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-18/macgowan-backs-alannah-mactiernan-after-ken-travers-resigns/7762580 "Alannah MacTiernan: Labor leader backs return after Ken Travers bows out"], ABC News, 19 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016. ==See also== * [Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council](/source/Members_of_the_Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Travers, Ken}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Category:English emigrants to Australia Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Category:People educated at Mount Lawley Senior High School Category:People from Bramber Category:21st-century Australian politicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ken Travers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Travers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Travers?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.