Anthony (Tony) James Simpson (born July 15, 1965) is an Australian politician. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He has been an Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2005, representing the electorate of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Serpentine-Jarrahdale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 2005 to 2008
He was born in Frankston, Victoria and arrived in Western Australia in 1970. Frankston is a seaside suburb of Melbourne, in the state of Victoria, Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He started his own bakery in the small town of Byford on the outskirts of the Perth metropolitan area, where he now lives with his wife and family. A bakery (also called baker's or bakehouse) is an establishment which produces or/and sells Bread, pies pastries Cakes Biscuits Byford, a suburb on the south eastern edge of Perth, was first gazetted as the townsite of Beenup in 1906 Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Simpson also served as a member of the Serpentine-Jarrahdale shire council from 2001 to 2005, and was the inaugural chairman of the Byford and Districts Community Bank, which opened early in 2005. The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a Local Government Area in the outer southeastern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital of Western Australia
Tony was chosen as the Liberal Party candidate to contest the newly created key marginal seat of Serpentine-Jarrahdale at the 2005 state election. The Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale is a Local Government Area in the outer southeastern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital of Western Australia After a heavily contested election, he managed to win the seat over Australian Labor Party candidate and union official Daron Smith.
As a new MP, in June 2005, Simpson became the first politician in Australia to provide services to his constituencies via SMS and live internet chat using MSN Messenger. Short Message Service ( SMS) is a Communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. Online chat can refer to any kind of Communication over the Internet, but is primarily meant to refer to direct one-on-one chat or Text-based group
Tony Simpson is also the Opposition Spokesperson for Forestry, Consumer Affairs, Volunteering and IT & Communications.
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- Parliament of Western Australia - Members of the Legislative Assembly. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved on 26 February 2005.
- Tony Simpson MLA - About Tony. Tony Simpson MLA Online. Retrieved on 25 June 2005.
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