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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />20 March 2023<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/Sally_Talbot" title="Sally Talbot">Sally Talbot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Thomas_(politician)" title="Steve Thomas (politician)">Steve Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Jarvis" title="Jackie Jarvis">Jackie Jarvis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Moermond" title="Sophia Moermond">Sophia Moermond</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Hayward_(politician)" title="James Hayward (politician)">James Hayward</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alannah_MacTiernan" title="Alannah MacTiernan">Alannah MacTiernan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Benjamin Letts Dawkins</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1971-08-13</span>) </span>13 August 1971<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 53)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Subiaco,_Western_Australia" title="Subiaco, Western Australia">Subiaco, Western Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">One Nation</a> (since 2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Labor_Party" title="Western Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> (until 2023) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (2023–2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</a> (uncle)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Murdoch_University" title="Murdoch University">Murdoch University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Edith_Cowan_University" title="Edith Cowan University">Edith Cowan University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Benjamin Letts Dawkins</b> (born 13 August 1971) is an Australian politician who is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council" title="Western Australian Legislative Council">Western Australian Legislative Council</a>. He succeeded <a href="/wiki/Alannah_MacTiernan" title="Alannah MacTiernan">Alannah MacTiernan</a> as a member for the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Region_(Western_Australia)" title="South West Region (Western Australia)">South West Region</a> on 20 March 2023. His appointment to <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Western_Australia" title="Parliament of Western Australia">parliament</a> was controversial as he had pleaded guilty to breaching a violence restraining order one month prior. Originally a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)">Labor Party</a>, he was suspended from the party just prior to taking his seat in the Legislative Council and was expelled from the party on 24 April 2023. On 29 February 2024, Dawkins joined <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">Pauline Hanson's One Nation</a> party. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Dawkins&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawkins was born in <a href="/wiki/Subiaco,_Western_Australia" title="Subiaco, Western Australia">Subiaco, Western Australia</a>, on 13 August 1971, to Roger Letts Dawkins and Penelope Isabel Muecke.<sup id="cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parliament_biography-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the nephew of <a href="/wiki/John_Dawkins" title="John Dawkins">John Dawkins</a>, who was federal treasurer in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dawkins attended Rosalie Primary School (1977), Forrestdale Primary School (1978–1979), Nannup District High School (1980–1986), and Distance Education Centre (1987–1988). He then graduated the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Australia" title="University of Western Australia">University of Western Australia</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Economics" title="Bachelor of Economics">Bachelor of Economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murdoch_University" title="Murdoch University">Murdoch University</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edith_Cowan_University" title="Edith Cowan University">Edith Cowan University</a> with a Graduate Diploma in Business (human resource management).<sup id="cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parliament_biography-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before entering politics, Dawkins worked for periods as a superannuation administrator, employment consultant, and human resources manager. After qualifying as a lawyer he practised across a number of areas including employment law, migration law, commercial law, and public interest law.<sup id="cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parliament_biography-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Dawkins&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dawkins was fifth placed on Labor's <a href="/wiki/South_West_Region_(Western_Australia)" title="South West Region (Western Australia)">South West Region</a> <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2021 Western Australian state election">2021 Western Australian state election</a>. The first three candidates on Labor's ticket were elected. <a href="/wiki/Alannah_MacTiernan" title="Alannah MacTiernan">Alannah MacTiernan</a> resigned on 10 February 2023 opening up a spot in the South West Region. <a href="/wiki/Bunbury,_Western_Australia" title="Bunbury, Western Australia">Bunbury</a> sign-writer John Mondy, the fourth-placed candidate, chose not to take the seat as he was preoccupied with his business. Therefore, the seat went to Dawkins. Prior to taking his seat, Dawkins was suspended from the Labor Party for being charged with 43 counts of breaching a violence restraining order.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WAtoday_9_December_2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAtoday_9_December_2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The charges were for replying to emails from his ex-wife, in which he wrote, "you can't bully me to co-operate".<sup id="cite_ref-The_West_Australian_6_June_2023_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_West_Australian_6_June_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WAtoday_6_June_2023_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAtoday_6_June_2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Magistrate stated that, unlike breaches in other cases that came before the court, there was "no actual violence, no threat of violence".<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_News_6_June_2023_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_News_6_June_2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dawkins pleaded guilty to 42 of the charges on 17 February 2023, and the remaining charge was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite that, he was appointed to the Legislative Council on 20 March 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently managed to get the guilty pleas for seven of the charges overturned, after which, prosecutors dropped those charges. He was still considered guilty of 35 charges<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and on 6 June 2023, Dawkins was given a 10-month community-based order and a $2,000 fine.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_News_6_June_2023_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_News_6_June_2023-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magistrate denied his request for a <a href="/wiki/Spent_conviction" title="Spent conviction">spent conviction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_West_Australian_6_June_2023_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_West_Australian_6_June_2023-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WAtoday_6_June_2023_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WAtoday_6_June_2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dawkins was expelled from the Labor Party on 24 April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A day later, Dawkins heavily criticised Labor politicians and the McGowan government's policies. He criticised the party for sanctioning him before the court had ruled on his case. He criticised <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">unionists</a>, saying "they are bullying industrial activists akin to extreme vegans and their activities are beyond the law, not publicly funded as such and therefore un-regulatable" He criticised cabinet members, including <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGowan" title="Mark McGowan">Mark McGowan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sue_Ellery" title="Sue Ellery">Sue Ellery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rita_Saffioti" title="Rita Saffioti">Rita Saffioti</a>, saying "they do know better, but they also chose to execute people who have not been found, in my case, to have committed any kind of violence, physical or other. I've sent these guys details of all my supposed charges and the original [restraining order] and they know for certain that I did nothing wrong". He criticised the government's COVID-19 vaccination mandates for violating personal freedoms and said that proposed development reforms were an "overreach". Premier McGowan responded by saying "he was elected by accident really, and he is in court for some pretty serious matters that he actually pleaded guilty to".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 February 2024, <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson" title="Pauline Hanson">Pauline Hanson</a> announced that Dawkins had joined <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson%27s_One_Nation" title="Pauline Hanson's One Nation">Pauline Hanson's One Nation</a> and would contest the <a href="/wiki/2025_Western_Australian_state_election" title="2025 Western Australian state election">2025 state election</a> for the party.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was announced in September 2024 that he would not be preselected to stand for One Nation, with One Nation WA leader Rod Caddies stating that Dawkins had not "lived up to the professionalism of what I would expect". Dawkins confirmed he would remain a member of One Nation and continue to sit as a One Nation MP.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Dawkins&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Dawkins&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Parliament_biography-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Parliament_biography_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/3C3425759526854D4825898200286DEF">"Hon Benjamin Letts Dawkins"</a>. <i>Parliament of Western Australia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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