William Richard Marmion was born on 22 May 1954 and is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 2008 and 2021, representing the seat of Nedlands.
15 Facts About Bill Marmion
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Bill Marmion served as a minister in the government of Colin Barnett from 2010 to 2017.
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Bill Marmion later served as deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2019 to 2020.
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Bill Marmion was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to Betty Ellen and Richard Stephen Bill Marmion.
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Bill Marmion's great-grandfather, William Edward Marmion, was a member of parliament in the 19th century.
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Bill Marmion's father was a mechanical engineer, and the family lived for periods in Kalgoorlie and Wittenoom before eventually settling in Bunbury.
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Bill Marmion attended Bunbury Senior High School and then boarded at Hale School, Perth, for his final two years of high school.
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Bill Marmion was president of the state branch of Engineers Australia for three years.
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From 1992 to 1997, Bill Marmion was the private secretary to Peter Foss, a state Liberal MP and a minister in the government of Richard Court.
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Bill Marmion entered parliament himself at the 2008 state election, winning the seat of Nedlands from Sue Walker, an independent who had resigned from the Liberal Party earlier in the year.
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Bill Marmion was made parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Transport shortly after the election, and later served in a similar position for the premier.
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Bill Marmion was made Minister for Finance in December 2014, and Minister for State Development in March 2016, but lost the mines portfolio to Sean L'Estrange.
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In 2017, Bill Marmion suffered a swing of almost 11 percent, and was left as one of only nine Liberals from Perth.
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Four years later, Bill Marmion was swept out amid the Liberals' meltdown in the capital.
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Bill Marmion lost over 16 percent of his primary vote from 2017, and narrowly trailed Labor challenger Katrina Stratton on the first count.