Cassie Rowe
{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Cassie Rowe
| honorific-suffix = MLA
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| assembly = Western Australian Legislative
| constituency_AM = Belmont
| term_start = 11 March 2017
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| predecessor = Glenys Godfrey
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|9|6}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| party = Labor
| relations = Samantha Rowe (sister), Barry Rowe (father)
| website = {{URL|https://belmont.walabor.org.au/}}
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Cassandra Michelle Rowe (born 6 September 1980) is an Australian politician. She became a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in the 2017 state election, representing Belmont.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://belmont.walabor.org.au/about/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=belmont.walabor.org.au |language=en}}
Education and career
Rowe holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and has also studied finance and screenwriting. Prior to entering politics, Rowe worked as a financial planner and served as Assistant State Secretary of WA Labor from 2017 until 2021.{{Cite web |title=Member List |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/Member+Lookup+LA+Current/Rowe,+Ms+Cassandra?opendocument |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=www.parliament.wa.gov.au}}
Rowe is a member of the Australian Workers Union (AWU), which is a union part of the Labor Right.{{Cite web |title=MP Biographical Register |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/1030A8690A18D62F482580E50024A83F?OpenDocument |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.parliament.wa.gov.au}}
Rowe ran unsuccessfully for Belmont in 2013 before being successfully elected in the subsequent 2017 state election.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/guide/belm/ |last=Green |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Green |title=Belmont |work=ABC Elections |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |year=2017}} Rowe was re-elected in the 2025 Western Australian state election with a first preference vote share of 53.5%.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-12 |title=Belmont - WA Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa/2025/guide/belm |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}
Rowe served as Government Whip from 17 March 2021 until 29 January 2025.{{Cite web |title=MP Biography: Cassie Rowe |url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/mphistoricaldata.nsf/LinkMembersDbNames/Rowe,%20Ms%20Cassandra?OpenDocument |access-date=8 January 2023}} Following the 2025 election, she was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to Minister Simone McGurk.{{Cite web |title=Premier announces new WA Labor Government Ministry portfolios {{!}} Western Australian Government |url=https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook%20Labor%20Government/Premier-announces-new-WA-Labor-Government-Ministry-portfolios-20250318 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=www.wa.gov.au |language=en}}
Family
Her sister, Samantha Rowe, was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 2013 and was her campaign manager in the 2017 state election.{{cite news|title=Female MP intake sets Parliament record|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/wa-election-2017-new-female-mps-set-wa-parliament-record/news-story/2ca9999629f51f476ec54fc95fd47118|accessdate=20 March 2017|work=Perth Now|date=19 March 2017}}{{Cite web |date=2017-03-13 |title=Sibling support key to election win |url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-election-2017/sibling-support-key-to-election-win-ng-b88413847z |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=The West Australian |language=en}} Rowe's father, Barry Rowe, was the member for the Victorian state seat of Essendon from 1979 to 1992.
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Category:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Category:Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
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