Mark Folkard Explained

Mark Folkard
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Assembly:Western Australian Legislative
Constituency Am:Burns Beach
Term Start:11 March 2017
Predecessor:new seat
Birth Date:1965 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia
Party:Labor
Occupation:Police officer

Mark James Folkard (born 23 January 1965) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Burns Beach.

Folkard was a Western Australia Police Sergeant before entering politics.[1]

Folkard has been awarded the Police Overseas Service Medal with East Timor clasp, the National Police Service Medal, the National Medal, the Australian Defence Medal, the Commissioner's Medal for Excellence, the Western Australia Police Medal, and the United Nations Medal (UNMISET).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Burns Beach. Green. Antony. Antony Green. ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2017.
  2. Web site: Inaugural Speech. parliament.wa.gov.au. Parliament of Western Australia. 1 September 2017.