{{short description|Australian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Paul Filing | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = Moore | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = Allen Blanchard | successor = Mal Washer | term_start = 24 March 1990 | term_end = 3 October 1998 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|12|20}} | birth_place = Wegberg, West Germany | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Geraldine Filing | party = Pauline Hanson's One Nation (2018–present)<br>Independent (1995–98) <br>Liberal (1990–95) | relations = | children = James Filing, Phillip Filing and Isabelle Filing | alma_mater = | occupation = Police officer | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Paul Anthony Filing''' (born 20 December 1955) is an Australian former politician.
Born in Wegberg, Germany, he was a police officer and company manager in Australia before entering politics. From 1987 to 1989, he was Campaign Co-ordinator for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Moore, defeating sitting Labor member Allen Blanchard. Filing was helped by a redistribution that turned Moore from a safe Labor seat to a notionally marginal Liberal seat.
He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, John Hewson and Opposition Deputy Whip. In April 1995, he was defeated for Liberal preselection to contest Moore at the next election, as part of "a bitter power struggle in the WA branch involving Senator Noel Crichton-Browne". He resigned from the party on 18 June 1995 to become an independent, although he stated he would continue to vote with the Coalition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127531561|title=Filing quits Libs, to stand as independent|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=19 June 1995|first=Michael|last=Bachelard|access-date=25 February 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225135521/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127531561|url-status=live}}</ref> He contested and won the seat of Moore as an independent in that election. His vote dropped dramatically in 1998 and he was eliminated on the fourth count, when Mal Washer regained the seat for the Liberals.
After leaving politics, Filing owned and operated Aussie Home Loans mortgage broking franchise stores at Joondalup, Currambine, Belmont, Midland, Fremantle, Gosnells and Kalamunda in Perth's metropolitan area.<ref name=Psephos>{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-08-01|archive-date=17 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717093439/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2018, Filing was appointed president of Pauline Hanson's One Nation in Western Australia<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-federal Lib MP One Nation WA president |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/ex-federal-lib-mp-one-nation-wa-president/wgudyx219 |website=SBS News |agency=Australian Associated Press |access-date=25 February 2022 |date=26 June 2018 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225135516/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/ex-federal-lib-mp-one-nation-wa-president/wgudyx219 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hondros |first1=Nathan |title=One Nation lands Liberal blast from the past as new WA president |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/one-nation-lands-liberal-blast-from-the-past-as-new-wa-president-20180627-p4zo1k.html |website=WAtoday |access-date=25 February 2022 |date=27 June 2018 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726015538/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/one-nation-lands-liberal-blast-from-the-past-as-new-wa-president-20180627-p4zo1k.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was One Nation's lead Western Australian senate candidate at the 2022 Australian federal election<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Filing |url=https://www.onenation.org.au/paul-filing |website=One Nation |access-date=25 February 2022 |archive-date=25 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225135527/https://www.onenation.org.au/paul-filing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Who are my candidates - Federal Election 2022 - Candidates for the division of Moore (WA) |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/election/candidates.htm?suburb=Joondalup&division=Moore&state=WA |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=22 April 2022}}</ref> but was not elected.
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==Further reading== * Aldred, Ken; Andrews, Kevin and Filing, Paul (eds.)(1994), ''The Heart of Liberalism''. The Albury Papers, Mitcham, Victoria. {{ISBN|0-646-21290-7}}
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