Bill Johnston - State Secretary

State Secretary: Bill Johnston

Bill Johnston was elected as the State Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (WA Branch) in May 2001.

As State Secretary, Bill has three main functions. Firstly, to administer the Labor Party in Western Australia as a membership organisation. Secondly, to be the Party's State Campaign Director, taking responsibility for the conduct of all campaigns, State and Federal, in Western Australia. Thirdly, to fundraise for the Party.

Bill's first campaign as State Campaign Director was the 2001 Federal Election. In difficult circumstances, the ALP was able to hold seven seats in Western Australia, the same result that had been achieved in 1998. He was also the Campaign Director for the successful 2005 State Election where Labor achieved a decisive victory and a second term of government.

Bill was previously the Assistant State Secretary of the ALP (WA Branch) from January 1998 and managed the operations of Labor Business Roundtable, the ALP's business contact forum, and its predecessor, Link 2000.

As Assistant State Secretary, Bill also worked on the ALP's 1998 Federal Election Campaign in WA, which saw four marginal seats won by the Party. He was also the Assistant Campaign Director for the ALP's successful campaign for the 2001 State Election.

In addition to this, Bill worked as a Campaign Manager on seats in the 1997 South Australian and the 1999 New South Wales State Elections.

Prior to being elected as ALP Assistant State Secretary, Bill was an industrial officer with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association of WA (SDA) for 9 years. Before joining the SDA, Bill worked in the Australian Public Service in various departments in Canberra.

Assistant State Secretary: Simon Mead

The Assistant State Secretary assists the State Secretary in the conduct of all duties directed by the State Secretary and in the State Secretary's absence assumes the position of Acting State Secretary.

President: Sally Talbot

The President's role is to preside at all State Conference, State Executive and Adminstrative Committee meetings and manage the discussion tabled for consideration. The President's role also includes when necessary, to call special meetings of the State Executive and Administrative Committee in conjunction with the State Secretary. The Rules of the Party are, when necessary, enforced by the President as well as appointing any necessary delegation and reporting on those matters dealt with to the next meeting of the State Executive.

Senior Vice-President: Dave Kelly

Junior Vice President: Joe Bullock & Sylvia Barzotto

The role of both the Junior and Senior Vice-Presidents is to attend all meetings of State Conference, State Executive and Administrative Committee. They must assist the President in the conduct of those meetings and preside in the absence of the President at those meetings.

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