Nick Goiran | |
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 Goiran in 2012 | |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2009 | |
| Constituency | South Metropolitan Region |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicolas Pierre Goiran 15 October 1977 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal (c. 2006–present) |
| Spouse | Jody |
| Alma mater | Murdoch University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | www |
Nicolas Pierre Goiran (born 15 October 1977) is an Australian politician who has been a member for the South Metropolitan Region of the Western Australian Legislative Council (MLC), the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, since 22 May 2009.
A member of the Liberal Party, Australia's major centre-right political party, Goiran is a conservative Christian. He is pro-life, and opposes same-sex marriage, euthanasia and surrogacy. He has been outspoken on the issue of elder abuse, and he supports COVID-19 vaccinations but opposes COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Goiran has twice been accused of filibustering: he spoke for over 22 hours in total over a surrogacy bill in 2019, delaying it; and he proposed 357 amendments to a voluntary assisted dying bill and spoke on every clause of the bill.
Goiran, alongside fellow MLC Peter Collier, is a Liberal Party power broker. After the March 2021 election, ABC News said that it was unrealistic to achieve preselection in the Perth metropolitan area for the Liberal Party without the support of Goiran or Collier. In August 2021, it was revealed that Goiran was part of a WhatsApp group called "The Clan", whose purpose it was to discuss branch stacking and the preselection of candidates. Following the reveal of that group, Goiran has faced calls for his resignation or to be expelled from the Liberal Party.