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Dec 30, 1958 Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom 65 years old
Australian politician
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About Liz Behjat
- Elizabeth Lloyd Behjat (née Williams; born 30 December 1958) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 2009 to 2017, representing North Metropolitan Region. Behjat was born in Wolverhampton, England, where her Welsh-born father, John Williams, was working as a teacher.
- The family arrived in Western Australia in 1966, and her father entered politics a few years later, serving in the Legislative Council from 1971 to 1989.
- Behjat attended Scarborough Senior High School and Churchlands Senior High School, and after leaving school initially worked as a law clerk.
- She was later employed as a conveyancer, an administrative officer, a casino manager (at the Burswood Casino), a para-legal, and an electorate officer.
- Behjat was elected to parliament at the 2008 state election, running in third place on the Liberal ticket in North Metropolitan.
- Her term began on 22 May 2009.
- Behjat was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2013, but she was defeated for Liberal preselection at the 2017 election, meaning her term in the Legislative Council concluded in May 2017.
