The Parliament of Western Australia hosted the 39th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Australia and Pacific Regional Conference from 2-4 November 2021. The Conference was delivered in person and online with 14 delegates and 5 observers while 27 delegates attended virtually, along with 5 observers. The theme “Parliaments, People and Pandemics” was topical and broad and allowed participants an opportunity to explore..Read More

Ms Geraldine Smith MP (UK) Mr Brian Jenkins MP (UK) Hon David Hawker MP (Speaker, House of Representatives) Rt Hon John Spellar MP (UK) Senator Paul Calvert (President of the Senate) Mrs Madeleine Moon MP (UK) Mr Quentin Davies MP (UK)

The Clerk of the Australian House of Representatives, the Vice Chairman of the CPA General Council (member of NZ Parliament) and Jamaican Prime Minister arriving at the 10th CPA Conference in Kingston, Jamaica

The 16th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference was held in Canberra. Official opening of the Sixteenth Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Canberra ACT – 2 October 1970 – speech by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton Your Excellency, Mr President, Mr Vice-Chairman, Leader of the Opposition, Mr Premier of Queensland, Mr Speaker and Parliamentary Colleagues: Yesterday at a social occasion I..Read More

The 6th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference was held in Canberra.

At a meeting of Members of the Western Australian Parliament convened by the President of the Legislative Council (Hon. Sir Edward Wittenoom, K.C.M.G., MLC) and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Hon. Thomas Walker, MLA) on 17th December, 1925, it was unanimously decided to form a Branch of the Empire (now Commonwealth) Parliamentary Association.

The 38th Australia and Pacific Regional Conference was held in Adelaide, South Australia with Commonwealth Parliamentarians from 21 CPA Branches at 38th CPA Australia & Pacific Regional Conference in Adelaide including Australia, Bougainville, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu plus British Virgin Islands, Jersey, Pakistan & Gibraltar.

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) was founded in 1911 as the Empire Parliamentary Association, which later became the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in 1948. The Empire Parliamentary Association was founded at a meeting on 18 July 1911 in what was then House of Commons Committee Room 15 in the Palace of Westminster. As well as Members of the UK Parliament, the..Read More