Patrick Gorman — connections and sources

Public profile

Biography

Patrick Possum Gorman (born 12 December 1984) is an Australian politician, elected as an Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Perth at the 2018 Perth by-election.

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Date of birth: 1984-12-12
Place of birth: East Fremantle, Australia
APH identifier: 74519

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

Open in full network

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Karen Grogan · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Zaneta Mascarenhas · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Carina Garland · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Carina Garland · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Tania Lawrence · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Sally Sitou · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Louise Miller-Frost · Shared faction: Labor LeftWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
Andrew Charlton · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)

Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

13 May 2025–presentAssistant Minister — for — Employment and Workplace Relations
29 July 2024–13 May 2025Assistant Minister — to the — Attorney-General
31 May 2023–presentAssistant Minister — for the — Public Service
1 June 2022–presentAssistant Minister — to the — Prime Minister
28 January 2021–23 May 2022Shadow Assistant Minister — for — Western Australia

Committee service

23 July 2019–11 April 2022Joint Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
22 July 2019–24 March 2021Joint Statutory — Corporations and Financial Services
22 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Privileges and Members' Interests
22 July 2019–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Communications and the Arts
10 September 2018–11 April 2019House of Representatives Standing — Tax and Revenue
10 September 2018–11 April 2022House of Representatives Standing — Publications

Qualifications

Date not recordedMBA
Date not recordedGradDipBus
Date not recordedBSocSci

Occupations

Date not recordedSecretary of the Australian Labor Party (WA Branch).
Date not recordedPrincipal Adviser to the Prime Minister, the Hon. K Rudd, MP.

Current parliamentary service

2025 — PresentRe-elected 2025Source
2022 — 2025Re-elected 2022Source
2019 — 2022Re-elected 2019Source
2018 — 2019Elected to the House of Representatives for Perth, Western Australia at by-election 2018, vice T Hammond (resigned).Source

Sources and methodology

Parliament of AustraliaBiography and official service history.WikipediaBiography and official service history.They Vote For YouVoting attendance and party-rebellion measures.WikidataIdentity, membership and parliamentary information.WikipediaPublic reporting used for the faction classification.WhoRunsAus methodologyDefinitions, limitations and correction policy.