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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Des Dans
- Desmond Keith "Des" Dans (24 November 1924 – 2 January 2014) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1971 to 1989, representing South Metropolitan Province.
- He served as a minister in the government of Brian Burke. Dans was born in Perth to Mary (née Frances) and Keith Dans.
- He moved to Kalgoorlie as a child, where he attended a convent school before going on to the Kalgoorlie School of Mines.
- Dans enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in 1942, and served as a stoker aboard HMAS Hobart.
- After the war's end, he joined the merchant marine, and became involved with the Seamen's Union.
- He served as state secretary of the union from 1959 to 1971.
- Dans was elected to parliament at the 1971 state election.
- He was made leader of the Labor Party in the Legislative Council in 1976, and elevated to the shadow cabinet in 1978.
- After Labor's victory at the 1983 state election, Dans was made Minister for Industrial Relations in the new ministry formed by Brian Burke.
- Following a reshuffle in December 1984, he was instead made Minister for Racing and Gaming and Minister for Tourism.
- Another reshuffle occurred after the 1986 election, and Dans became Minister for Works and Services, with responsibility for the 1987 America's Cup.
- He resigned from the ministry just over a month after the event's completion, and left parliament at the 1989 election.
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