Louise Pratt | |
|---|---|
 February 2014 | |
| Deputy Government Whip in the Senate | |
| In office 31 May 2022 – 18 March 2024 Serving with Raff Ciccone | |
| Preceded by | Anne Urquhart |
| Succeeded by | Karen Grogan |
| Senator for Western Australia | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2016 | |
| In office 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
| In office 22 May 2001 – 29 October 2007 | |
| Succeeded by | Batong Pham |
| Constituency | East Metropolitan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 April 1972 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse | Rebecca Misich (m. 2023) |
| Domestic partner | Aram Hosie (2005–2015) |
| Website | www |
Louise Clare Pratt (born 18 April 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016, and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party, and served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2007.[1] She was the youngest woman ever elected to the Legislative Council at the time of her election and the second open lesbian to be elected to an Australian parliament.[2]
- ^ "Ms Louise Clare Pratt MLC". Western Australian Parliemnt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Karvelas, Patricia (29 August 2008), "Labor's new gay senator Louise Pratt calls for same-sex marriage", The Australian, archived from the original on 16 September 2008, retrieved 10 September 2008