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The Honourable
Sabine Winton
MLA
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Wanneroo
Assumed office
11 March 2017
Preceded byPaul Miles
Personal details
Born
Sabine Elisabeth Fenn

(1965-04-24) 24 April 1965 (age 59)
Ober-Ramstadt, West Germany
Political partyLabor
OccupationPolitician, teacher
Websitewanneroo.walabor.org.au

Sabine Elisabeth Winton (née Fenn; born 24 April 1965) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Wanneroo. She currently serves as a Minister for Early Childhood Education; Child Protection; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services.[1]

Prior to being elected in 2017, Winton was a teacher for 27 years and also served on the City of Wanneroo Council from 2013 to 2017.[2]

Early life and teaching career[edit]

Winton was born in Ober-Ramstadt in West Germany. She is the daughter of Hans and Sigrid Fenn.[3] In 1973, her family moved from Dieburg to Fairy Meadow near Wollongong, New South Wales. In 1975, Winton's family travelled across the Nullarbor Plain to settle in Yanchep, Western Australia. Winton attended Yanchep Primary School and then Wanneroo Secondary College where she was President of the Student Council. She also played netball at Wanneroo District Netball Association.[4]

After graduating from Murdoch University with a primary teaching degree, she worked across the state, including in the Goldfields town of Norseman and Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley. She also worked on the Cocos Keeling Islands before relocating back to Wanneroo to start a family.[5]

Before being elected in 2017, she was a primary school teacher for 27 years, most recently coordinating and teaching the Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC) classes in the North Metropolitan Area

Political career[edit]

Election[edit]

Winton was elected in the 2017 State election with a swing of 18.2% towards her, becoming one of 7 people who defeated a sitting Minister at that election.[citation needed]

In 2021 she was re-elected with a further swing of 19.8%, achieving a two-party preferred result of 78.4% against Paul Miles who ran again.

Parliamentary appointments[edit]

Winton was an Acting Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly during the 40th Parliament from 16 March 2017 to 7 December 2020.[6]

During the 40th Parliament she was also a member of the Education and Health Standing Committee. In August 2020, Winton established the WA Parliamentary Friends of Germany Group to foster friendly social and cultural ties between Western Australia and Germany and provide opportunities for Members of Parliament to establish and strengthen relationships with the German community in Western Australia.[7]

Sabine Winton MLA and Premier Mark McGowan

After the 2021 Western Australian state election Winton was promoted and appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations. As part of this role she is the Chair of the steering committee for the Aboriginal Cultural Centre project.

In December 2021 she was additional made the Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier; Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade; Tourism; Commerce; Science.

In December 2022 she was promoted to Cabinet as the Minister for Early Childhood Education; Child Protection; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence and Community Services following a reshuffle.[1]

Election results[edit]

2021 state election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Wanneroo.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Wanneroo[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sabine Winton 18,366 71.8 +24.4
Liberal Paul Miles 4,686 18.3 −11.3
Greens Matthew Ward 1,150 4.5 −3.2
No Mandatory Vaccination J. Bullock 637 2.5 +2.5
Western Australia Lilian Siviour 404 1.6 +0.5
WAxit Sandy Culum-Buzak 335 1.3 +0.8
Total formal votes 25,578 95.7 +0.2
Informal votes 1,152 4.3 −0.2
Turnout 26,730 85.4 +5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sabine Winton 20,059 78.4 +19.8
Liberal Paul Miles 5,516 21.6 −19.8
Labor hold Swing +19.8

2017 state election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2017 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Wanneroo.[edit]
2017 Western Australian state election: Wanneroo[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sabine Winton 10,930 46.8 +14.5
Liberal Paul Miles 7,017 30.1 −25.5
One Nation Joseph Darcy 2,288 9.8 +9.8
Greens Robyn Treacy 1,552 6.6 −0.9
Christians Linley Pass 629 2.7 +0.1
Independent Max Wilson 595 2.5 +2.5
Micro Business Peter Rosengrave 173 0.7 +0.7
Matheson for WA Greg Macpherson 160 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 23,344 95.9 +2.5
Informal votes 996 4.1 −2.5
Turnout 24,340 88.1 +3.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sabine Winton 13,361 57.3 +18.2
Liberal Paul Miles 9,975 42.7 −18.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +18.2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Member List". www.parliament.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ Green, Antony (2017). "Wanneroo". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ^ "Sabine Elisabeth Winton". Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Sabine Winton MLA". wanneroo.walabor.org.au. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Sabine Winton MLA". wanneroo.walabor.org.au. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ Parliament of Western Australia. "Ms Sabine Elisabeth Winton MLA BA; BPS".
  7. ^ "Parliamentary Friendship Groups".
  8. ^ 2021 State General Election – Wanneroo District Results, WAEC
  9. ^ Wanneroo District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Wanneroo
2017–present 		Incumbent
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