--- title: "Dave Kelly, Member for Bassendean | Politics Computer" description: "Dave Kelly is a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Bassendean. He entered parliament at the 2013 state election and…" url: "https://politics.computer/mp/dave-kelly" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Bassendean](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bassendean) ![Dave Kelly](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Kelly.jpg?width=320) Labor WA Legislative Assembly # Dave Kelly Member for [Bassendean](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bassendean), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) About ## About Dave Kelly Dave Kelly is a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Bassendean. He entered parliament at the 2013 state election and was re-elected at the 2025 state election. In the McGowan Ministry he served as Minister for Water, Fisheries, Forestry, Innovation and ICT, and Science. First elected 2013 state election, Bassendean Re-elected 2025 Western Australian state election Born 1 July 1962, Perth Education Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Australia Before parliament Worked for trade union United Voice for 20 years Former ministerial roles McGowan Ministry: Water, Fisheries, Forestry, Innovation and ICT, Science Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%5FKelly%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. We don't follow a Facebook page for Dave Kelly yet, so there are no ads of theirs here. See who is advertising in [Bassendean](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bassendean). ## Other Labor members of the WA Legislative Assembly [Labor spending](https://politics.computer/party/labor) - [ **Ali Kent** Labor, Kalgoorlie ](https://politics.computer/mp/ali-kent) - [ **Amber-Jade Sanderson** Labor, Morley ](https://politics.computer/mp/amber-jade-sanderson) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caitlin_Collins_WA_Election_2021.jpg?width=96)**Caitlin Collins** Labor, Hillarys ](https://politics.computer/mp/caitlin-collins) - [ **Cassie Rowe** Labor, Belmont ](https://politics.computer/mp/cassie-rowe) - [ **Colleen Egan** Labor, Thornlie ](https://politics.computer/mp/colleen-egan) - [ **Dan Bull** Labor, Maylands ](https://politics.computer/mp/dan-bull) - [ **Daniel Pastorelli** Labor, Landsdale ](https://politics.computer/mp/daniel-pastorelli) - [ **David Michael** Labor, Balcatta ](https://politics.computer/mp/david-michael) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Scaife_MLA.png?width=96)**David Scaife** Labor, Cockburn ](https://politics.computer/mp/david-scaife) - [ **Divina D'Anna** Labor, Kimberley ](https://politics.computer/mp/divina-danna) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Punch_at_farm.png?width=96)**Don Punch** Labor, Bunbury ](https://politics.computer/mp/don-punch) - [ **Emily Hamilton** Labor, Joondalup ](https://politics.computer/mp/emily-hamilton) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dave%5FKelly.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the WA Legislative Assembly on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.