But it’s also not “I’m old” material. There were two Adeles in WA politics that I could find, both born in the '60s, both elected to WA parliament (one in the lower house, one in the upper) during the '00s. And one of them stayed there until 2021!
The other one’s a sad story. Got into an affair with a high ranking member of another party. She ended up resigning from her party and losing the next election. He resigned his Ministry but was reappointed a couple of months and stayed there until he resigned from Parliament 4 years later. Oh, and he had a history of admitted workplace harassment/low-key sexual assault (think “snapped the bra strap” and inappropriate comments) prior to this, as well as inappropriate use of Ministerial entitlements. No prizes for guessing which political party he was from (or for the non-Australians, which part of the political spectrum his party represents).
Damn that’s a deep cut, unless you’re from WA.
But it’s also not “I’m old” material. There were two Adeles in WA politics that I could find, both born in the '60s, both elected to WA parliament (one in the lower house, one in the upper) during the '00s. And one of them stayed there until 2021!
The other one’s a sad story. Got into an affair with a high ranking member of another party. She ended up resigning from her party and losing the next election. He resigned his Ministry but was reappointed a couple of months and stayed there until he resigned from Parliament 4 years later. Oh, and he had a history of admitted workplace harassment/low-key sexual assault (think “snapped the bra strap” and inappropriate comments) prior to this, as well as inappropriate use of Ministerial entitlements. No prizes for guessing which political party he was from (or for the non-Australians, which part of the political spectrum his party represents).