Cassie Rowe
Cassie Rowe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Belmont | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Glenys Godfrey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1980 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Relations | Samantha Rowe (sister), Barry Rowe (father) |
| Website | belmont |
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.[1]
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Rowe holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and has also studied finance and screenwriting.[1] Prior to entering politics, Rowe worked as a financial planner and served as Assistant State Secretary of WA Labor from 2017 until 2021.[1][2]
Rowe is a member of the Australian Workers Union (AWU), which is a union part of the Labor Right.[3]
Rowe ran unsuccessfully for Belmont in 2013 before being elected in the 2017 state election.[4] Rowe was re-elected in the 2025 Western Australian state election with a first preference vote share of 53.5%.[5]
Rowe served as Government Whip from 17 March 2021 until 29 January 2025.[6][2] Following the 2025 election, she was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to Minister Simone McGurk.[7]
Family
[edit | edit source]Her sister, Samantha Rowe, was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 2013 and was her campaign manager in the 2017 state election.[8][9] Rowe's father, Barry Rowe, was the member for the Victorian state seat of Essendon from 1979 to 1992.[9]
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia stubs