1. Mike Nahan served as Treasurer of Western Australia under the Barnett ministry from March 2014 until the government's election defeat in March 2017.
16 Facts About Mike Nahan
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Mike Nahan was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Riverton from 2008 until 2021, when he was succeeded by Labor's Jags Krishnan.
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Mike Nahan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1950 as one of 13 children and grew up on a small farm, later graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics from Western Michigan University.
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Mike Nahan joined the Western Australian Public Service before moving to the Institute of Public Affairs, a libertarian think tank, as a policy director.
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Mike Nahan entered politics at the 2008 Western Australian state election when he defeated incumbent Labor MP Tony McRae for the seat of Riverton in southern Perth.
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Mike Nahan served as the Trustee of the Parliamentary Superannuation Board and was Chairman of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee in State Parliament from November 2008 to August 2012.
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Mike Nahan was appointed as the Treasurer of Western Australia on 14 March 2014 following the resignation of Troy Buswell.
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Two days after the election, outgoing minister Bill Marmion indicated that Mike Nahan had the most support in the much-reduced Liberal party room to succeed Barnett.
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Mike Nahan has been compared to Ned Flanders, a character from The Simpsons, with The West Australian cartoonist Dean Alston drawing him in the style of the animated television show.
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Mike Nahan announced on 12 June 2019 he was stepping down from the parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party.
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Mike Nahan said that he had always planned to step down before the 2021 election, meaning that he never intended to take the Liberals into the campaign.
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Mike Nahan however disputed the suggestion that he was "warming the chair".
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Mike Nahan is only the fifth WA Liberal leader not to take the party into an election.
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In March 2021, Mike Nahan retired from Parliament, and did not seek re-election in his Riverton seat, which was gained by the Labor Party.
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In 2018, Mike Nahan revealed a substantial disputed liability, believed to be potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars, to the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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Mike Nahan is reported to be one many thousands of US citizens caught up in the changes and is awaiting the outcome of several court cases in the United States where lawyers are confident that, if successful, his liability will be expunged.