--- title: "John Carey: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What John Carey has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/john-carey" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Perth](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/perth) ![John Carey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Carey_MLA_speaking_at_Transition_Town_Vincent_September_2017_cropped.jpg?width=320) Labor WA Legislative Assembly # John Carey Member for [Perth](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/perth), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) About ## About John Carey John Carey is the Labor member for Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, first elected in 2017\. He is Minister for Planning and Lands, Housing and Works, and Health Infrastructure, a role he took up after the 2025 state election. First elected 11 March 2017, member for Perth Born 11 July 1974, Perth, Western Australia Education Murdoch University, Bachelor of Arts with first class honours Previous role Mayor of the City of Vincent, 2013 to 2017 Faction Labor Left faction Sworn in as minister 19 March 2025, Planning and Lands; Housing and Works; Health Infrastructure Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%5FCarey%5F%28Australian%5Fpolitician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What John Carey spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow John Carey'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=159114030835349) ## 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:John%5FCarey%5FMLA%5Fspeaking%5Fat%5FTransition%5FTown%5FVincent%5FSeptember%5F2017%5Fcropped.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.