--- title: "David Michael: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What David Michael has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/david-michael" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Balcatta](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/balcatta) Labor WA Legislative Assembly # David Michael Member for [Balcatta](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/balcatta), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) About ## About David Michael David Michael is a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing Balcatta. He has held the seat since the 2017 state election and was re-elected in 2025\. Following the appointment of Roger Cook as Premier, he was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Ports, Local Government, Road Safety, and Minister assisting the Minister for Transport. First elected 2017 state election Re-elected 2025 Western Australian state election Born 25 January 1980 Education Tuart Hill Primary School and Servite College Previous roles Deputy mayor of City of Stirling, 2011 to 2013 Faction Right faction of WA Labor (Progressive Labor) Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%5FMichael%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What David Michael spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow David Michael's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=410251129041271) ## 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) - [![](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) - [ **Frank Paolino** Labor, Mount Lawley ](https://politics.computer/mp/frank-paolino) 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.