Ken Travers

Who is Ken Travers?

Kenneth "Ken" Dunstan Elder Travers born 1 February 1961 in Sussex, England is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region. Travers was elected at the 1996 state election and is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Ken has held a broad range of responsibilities across social, economic and legal policy areas.

He has had a number of challenging jobs, including Chairing the Joint Standing Committee on the Corruption and Crime Commission during a time when the Commissioner and Parliamentary Inspector did not always see eye to eye, and was Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism during the SARS epidemic, the Bali bombings, the collapse of Ansett and September 11 attacks.

Ken is a former Parliamentary Secretary for Planning and Infrastructure and in the Alan Carpenter Government co-Chaired a committee addressing transport and infrastructure issues arising from the rapid growth and low levels of local employment in Perth's north-west corridor.

Ken has a keen interest in cycling and rode from Albany to Perth in four and a half days as part of the Hawaiian Ride For Youth in 2006.