Adele Carles

Adele Carles
Member of the Western Australian Parliament
for Fremantle
In office
16 May 2009 – 9 March 2013
Preceded by Jim McGinty
Succeeded by Simone McGurk
Personal details
Born (1968-02-19) 19 February 1968
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Citizenship Australian
Political party Greens Western Australia (until 2010)
Spouse(s) Francois Carles
Domestic partner Troy Buswell (2010-2012)[1]
Profession Lawyer

Adele Simone Carles (born 19 February 1968) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2013, representing the electorate of Fremantle. She was initially elected as a Greens WA member at the 2009 Fremantle state by-election, becoming the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat. However, she resigned from the Greens on 6 May 2010 to sit as an independent. In November 2010, Carles agreed to guarantee confidence and supply votes for the incumbent Colin Barnett Liberal minority government.[2][3] She ran for re-election as an independent at the 2013 state election, but was defeated, finishing fourth behind the Labor, Liberal and Greens candidates with 5.49% of the vote.

2008 state election

Carles, a solicitor before entering politics, was defeated in the 2008 state election. She polled 27.6% of the vote against Labor Attorney-General Jim McGinty (38.7%), marginally less than Liberal candidate Brian Christie (30.2%).[4]

2009 Fremantle by-election

In 2009, Carles was preselected by Greens WA to run again at the 2009 Fremantle state by-election following the retirement of McGinty. With the Liberals not contesting the election, Carles was rated a chance of becoming the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat.[5]

Carles won the seat with 44.06% of the primary vote, ahead of Labor candidate and former Fremantle Mayor, Peter Tagliaferri, as well as receiving enough preferences from other candidates to gain an absolute majority of ballots cast.[6] This was the highest primary vote result for the Greens in a state or federal election in Australia, and the first time the Greens had outpolled all other parties on their primary vote. Their previous record vote was 38.96% in the 2005 Marrickville by-election in New South Wales (also not contested by the Liberals).

Buswell affair

In April 2010, Carles publicly acknowledged that Liberal Treasurer Troy Buswell and herself had been engaged in a "mutual, albeit stupid" affair that lasted several months.[7] Carles had previously denied the affair despite persistent rumours, claiming to be a victim of a Labor smear campaign.[8]

On 6 May 2010, she resigned from the Greens to sit as an independent.[9]

In December 2012, Troy Buswell launched a $3 million defamation case against Carles in relation to allegations and counter-claims both made about Buswell's alleged lewd and drunken behaviour at the home of property developer Nigel Satterley in December 2011.[10][11]

At the 9 March 2013 state election Carles was defeated by Labor's Simone McGurk.[12]

References

General
  • "WA politics: the Buswell/Carles scandal". The Week (Australian edition, issue 75). 2010-04-30. p. 19. 
Inline
  1. ↑ Spagnolo, Joe (12 May 2012). "It's all over for Adele Carles". PerthNow. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Premier Barnett brokers 'secret deal' with Independent MP Adele Carles: PerthNow 6 November 2010
  3. ↑ "Ms Adele Simone Carles MLA BCom, LLB (Hons)". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission
  5. ↑ 2009 Fremantle By-election - ABC Elections, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  6. ↑ 2009 Fremantle By-election - Results, Western Australian Electoral Commission
  7. ↑ "WA Greens MP Adele Carles admits affair with Treasurer Buswell". The Australian. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Perpitch, Nicolas (26 April 2010). "Sniffer's affair with Greens MP puts career as Treasurer in doubt". The Australian. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  9. ↑ "Carles walks out on Greens". The West Australian. 6 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  10. ↑ Preston, Robyn (2012-12-16). "Defamation case is 'harassment'". WA Today. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  11. ↑ Preston, Robyn (2012-12-10). "Calls to sack Troy Buswell". WA Today. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  12. ↑ Robertson, Katie (2013-03-10). "Adele Carles in hiding, may run for mayor". Sunday Times. Retrieved 2013-03-24.

External links

Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Jim McGinty		 Member for Fremantle
2009–2013 		Succeeded by
Simone McGurk
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