Paul Filing
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Moore
In office
24 March 1990 – 3 October 1998
Preceded byAllen Blanchard
Succeeded byMal Washer
Personal details
Born (1955-12-20) 20 December 1955
Wegberg, Germany
NationalityAustralian
Political partyPauline Hanson's One Nation (2018–present)
Independent (1995–98)
Liberal (1990–95)
SpouseGeraldine Filing
ChildrenJames Filing, Phillip Filing and Isabelle Filing
OccupationPolice officer

Paul Anthony Filing (born 20 December 1955) is an Australian former politician.

Born in Wegberg, Germany, he was a police officer and company manager in Australia before entering politics. From 1987 to 1989, he was Campaign Co-ordinator for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Moore, defeating sitting Labor member Allen Blanchard. Filing was helped by a redistribution that turned Moore from a safe Labor seat to a notionally marginal Liberal seat.

He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, John Hewson and Opposition Deputy Whip. In April 1995, he was defeated for Liberal preselection to contest Moore at the next election, as part of "a bitter power struggle in the WA branch involving Senator Noel Crichton-Browne". He resigned from the party on 18 June 1995 to become an independent, although he stated he would continue to vote with the Coalition.[1] He contested and won the seat of Moore as an independent in that election. His vote dropped dramatically in 1998 and he was eliminated on the fourth count, when Mal Washer regained the seat for the Liberals.

After leaving politics, Filing owned and operated Aussie Home Loans mortgage broking franchise stores at Joondalup, Currambine, Belmont, Midland, Fremantle, Gosnells and Kalamunda in Perth's metropolitan area.[2]

In 2018, Filing was appointed president of Pauline Hanson's One Nation in Western Australia[3][4] and was One Nation's lead Western Australian senate candidate at the 2022 Australian federal election[5][6] but was not elected.

References

  1. ↑ Bachelard, Michael (19 June 1995). "Filing quits Libs, to stand as independent". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Ex-federal Lib MP One Nation WA president". SBS News. Australian Associated Press. 26 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Hondros, Nathan (27 June 2018). "One Nation lands Liberal blast from the past as new WA president". WAtoday. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Paul Filing". One Nation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Who are my candidates - Federal Election 2022 - Candidates for the division of Moore (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 April 2022.

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