Fred Riebeling

Riebeling was born in Bridgetown and moved to Perth as a young child. Prior to entering parliament, he had a career with the Crown Law Department.^[2]

Before becoming a member of parliament, Riebeling was a Roebourne shire president.^[3][4] He represented the electorate of Ashburton until it was abolished in 1994 and became part of the electorate of Burrup, which itself was later abolished in a redistribution in 2003 and became part of the electorate of North West Coastal in 2005.^[1][5]

Riebeling was appointed as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 2001.^[1][4]

He retired shortly before the 2008 election^[4][6] and Vince Catania, the son of Balcatta MP Nick Catania, won preselection for the vacant seat and retained the seat for the Labor Party.^[7]

Riebeling is currently an elected member for the City of Mandurah after winning his 2011 WA local government election contest for a Coastal Ward seat.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Riebeling stood against incumbent Liberal Kim Hames^[6] for the Electoral district of Dawesville in the 2013 state election, however was unsuccessful in his bid.^[8]

In 2019, he was appointed Commissioner of the Town of Port Hedland.^[9][10]

Riebeling was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.^[11]

Riebeling is married to Colleen Riebling and has three sons.^{[citation needed]}