Hayley Edwards

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Hayley Edwards
Deputy Mayor of Rockingham
In office
28 October 2021 – 21 October 2023
Councillor of the City of Rockingham
for Baldivis Ward
In office
19 October 2019 – 28 October 2021
Personal details
Born1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Labor (until April 2023) Independent (until May 2024)
ResidenceSecret Harbour, Western Australia
OccupationBusiness franchisee, Political candidate

Hayley Edwards was formerly the Deputy Mayor for the City of Rockingham and was an independent candidate during the 2023 Rockingham state by-election.[1][2][3]

Edwards was the deputy mayor of the City of Rockingham. She was first elected as a councillor in 2019 and was elected deputy mayor by fellow councillors in 2021.[4] She announced that she would not recontest her position during the 2023 Western Australia local government elections.

In 2023, Edwards, who had been a member of the WA Labor Party until April of that year, resigned from the party and announced her candidacy as an independent for the safe Labor seat of Rockingham. The WA Labor Party moved to preselect the political staffer Magenta Marshall to the seat, who was selected unopposed in the internal party process.[1]

  1. ^ a b Brookes, Sarah (20 June 2023). "Ex-Labor deputy mayor enters race to replace McGowan in Rockingham". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ "High-profile independent joins race for Rockingham". The West Australian. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Touching poem for veterans who experience homelessness". ABC Perth. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Rockingham Council elects new Deputy Mayor". 91.7 The Wave. Retrieved 22 June 2023.