About Basil Zempilas
Basil Zempilas is the Liberal Party leader in Western Australia and the member for Churchlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, serving in both roles since March 2025. He previously served as Lord Mayor of Perth from 2020 to 2025 and is a former sports presenter and broadcaster. His Facebook and Instagram ads focus on indigenous affairs, leader character, housing, health, economy and tax, and cost of living.
- Born
- 30 July 1971
- Education
- Murdoch University, degree in Media Studies and Mass Communications, 1992
- Previous role
- Lord Mayor of Perth, 2020 to 2025
- Before parliament
- Sports presenter and radio host with Seven Network and Perth radio stations
- Seat
- Churchlands, won from Labor MP Christine Tonkin at the 2025 state election
- Party leadership
- Elected unopposed as Liberal leader and Opposition Leader, two weeks after the 2025 election
Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.
- Spent on ads
- under $2.1K
- Ads seen
- 21
- Running now
- 21
Biggest ads
Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it.
What the ads are about
Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads.
- Indigenous3 ads
- Leader character2 ads
- Housing1 ad
- Health1 ad
- Economy tax1 ad
- Cost of living1 ad
Other Liberal members of the WA Legislative Assembly
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the WA Legislative Assembly on 11 November 2026.
