| Andrea West | |
| Constituency Mp: | Bowman |
| Parliament: | Australian |
| Predecessor: | Con Sciacca |
| Successor: | Con Sciacca |
| Term Start: | 2 March 1996 |
| Term End: | 3 October 1998 |
| Birthname: | Andrea Gail Kaus |
| Birth Date: | 1952 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Death Place: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Spouse: | Jeremy West |
| Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Relations: | Bill Kaus (father) |
| Occupation: | Schoolteacher |
| Alma Mater: | University of Queensland |
Andrea Gail West (; 16 September 1952 – 20 April 2010) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party and served a single term in the House of Representatives, representing the Queensland seat of Bowman from 1996 to 1998.
West was born in Brisbane on 16 September 1952.[1] She was the daughter of Bill Kaus, who was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a Liberal in 1966.[2] She held the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and a diploma from the Mount Gravatt Teachers' College. Prior to entering parliament she worked as a primary school teacher.[3] Afterwards she became a teacher at Qatar International School.
West served as chairman of the Liberal Party's Cleveland–Ormiston branch.[3] She was elected to the Division of Bowman in the Coalition's landslide victory at the 1996 federal election, defeating the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) member Con Sciacca.[4]
In parliament, West served on the Joint Statutory Committee on the National Crime Authority and the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs.[3] She spoke of the need to "safeguard the sanctity of the family" and supported reforms to child support and Australian family law.[5] According to George Brandis, she supported the Howard government's introduction of goods and services tax (GST) despite the impact it was likely to have on her re-election campaign in a marginal seat.[2] Con Sciacca reclaimed Bowman for the ALP at the 1998 federal election.[4]
After her defeat, West remained active in the Liberal Party.[4] In 2000 she unsuccessfully sought preselection for a casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer.[2]
West lived at Wellington Point with her husband Jeremy and had three children.[4] She died of breast cancer on 20 April 2010, aged 57, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.[6]