Louise Pratt

Louise Pratt
February 2014
Deputy Government Whip in the Senate
In office
31 May 2022 – 18 March 2024
Serving with Raff Ciccone
Preceded byAnne Urquhart
Succeeded byKaren 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 byBatong Pham
ConstituencyEast Metropolitan
Personal details
Born (1972-04-18) 18 April 1972 (age 52)
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseRebecca Misich (m. 2023)
Domestic partnerAram Hosie (2005–2015)
Websitewww.louisepratt.com

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]

  1. ^ "Ms Louise Clare Pratt MLC". Western Australian Parliemnt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ 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