--- title: "David Scaife: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What David Scaife has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/david-scaife" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Cockburn](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cockburn) ![David Scaife](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Scaife_MLA.png?width=320) Labor WA Legislative Assembly # David Scaife Member for [Cockburn](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cockburn), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) About ## About David Scaife David Scaife is a Labor member for Cockburn in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He was elected at the 2021 state election and was re-elected at the 2025 state election. Before entering parliament he worked as a lawyer and in the office of a federal senator. First elected 2021 state election, Cockburn Re-elected 2025 Western Australian state election Born 16 December 1988, Subiaco, Western Australia Education University of Western Australia; University College London; Australian National University Previous seat contested Murray-Wellington, 2013 (unsuccessful) Spouse Ellie Whiteaker, Senator for Western Australia Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%5FScaife), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What David Scaife spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow David Scaife'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=100497191813353) ## 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) - [ **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) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David%5FScaife%5FMLA.png). 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.