Sally Talbot
| The Honourable Dr Sally Talbot MLC |
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| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2005 |
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| Constituency | Electoral region of South West |
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| Born | 22 March 1953 |
| Political party | Labor |
Sally Elizabeth Talbot (born 22 March 1953) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the region of South West.
Biography
Talbot came from a family active in the Australian Labor Party where politics was actively talked. At 16 she finished her secondary schooling and attended the Royal College of Music in London, specializing in the cello. She spent the next 15 years working as a musician,[1] however she said her life always turned back to her interest in politics.[2]
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.[2] She left her staff roll 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.[1]
