Graham West

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Distinguish|text =Graeme West, a New Zealand former rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Graham West

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| constituency_MP2 = Campbelltown

| parliament2 = New South Wales

| term_start2 = 3 February 2001

| term_end2 = 14 February 2011

| predecessor2 = Michael Knight

| successor2 = Bryan Doyle

| office1 = Minister for Juvenile Justice

| term_start1 = 8 September 2008

| term_end1 = 5 June 2010

| premier1 = Nathan Rees
Kristina Keneally

| predecessor1 = Barbara Perry

| successor1 = Barbara Perry

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|9|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

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| party = Labor Party

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Graham James West (born 21 September 1973), a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Campbelltown between 2001 and 2011 for the Labor Party.

West was elected Member for Campbelltown at a by-election on 3 February 2001 following the resignation of Labor MP Michael Knight. He was re-elected at the general election in March 2003 and Premier Bob Carr appointed him as Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Treasurer and Minister for State Development. He was re-elected on 24 March 2007 and was appointed Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Minister for Sport and Recreation.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2157 |name=The Hon. Graham James West |former=Yes |access-date=23 May 2019}}

He was appointed Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister for Volunteering and Minister for Youth in the New South Wales State Government on 8 September 2008. On 4 June 2010, West announced in Parliament his decision to resign from Cabinet and would not contest the 2011 state election, giving his motivation as a desire to work for communities and organisations in a non-partisan way.{{cite news

| url = http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/another-keneally-minister-quits-20100604-ximy.html

| title = Another Keneally minister quits

| last = Robins | first = Brian

| date = 4 June 2010

| work = The Sydney Morning Herald

| publisher = Fairfax Media

| accessdate= 7 June 2010}}

In November 2010 he was appointed as the chief executive officer of the NSW State Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vinnies.org.au/files/NSW/Press%20Releases/St%20Vincent%20de%20Paul%20Society%20NSW%20Appoints%20new%20CEO.pdf |accessdate=22 October 2012 |publisher=St Vincent de Paul Society |title=St Vincent de Paul Society NSW appoints new Chief Executive Officer |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513014922/http://www.vinnies.org.au/files/NSW/Press%20Releases/St%20Vincent%20de%20Paul%20Society%20NSW%20Appoints%20new%20CEO.pdf |archivedate=13 May 2013}}

In 2012 he was appointed to the Society's Australia National Council as a vice president and was elected Australian National President in March 2015.{{Cite web | url = https://www.vinnies.org.au/icms_docs/225466_The_Record_Winter_Spring_2015.pdf | accessdate = 2 October 2016 | publisher = St Vincent de Paul Society | title = The Record Winter Spring 2015 | archive-date = 15 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190415124353/https://www.vinnies.org.au/icms_docs/225466_The_Record_Winter_Spring_2015.pdf | url-status = dead }} He is also a member of the International Council General of the Society, and Chair of the International Finance and Accountability Commission and Concordat.{{Cite web | url = http://en.ssvpglobal.org/News/CGI-news/Presenting-the-New-Members-of-the-International-Council-General | accessdate = 2 October 2016 | publisher = St Vincent de Paul Society | title = Presenting the new members of the International Council General }}