Libby Mettam | |
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.jpg) Mettam in 2023 | |
| Leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office 30 January 2023 | |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | David Honey |
| Deputy Leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party | |
| In office 24 November 2020 – 30 January 2023 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Bill Marmion |
| Succeeded by | Steve Thomas |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 24 November 2020 – 13 March 2021 | |
| Leader | Zak Kirkup |
| Preceded by | Bill Marmion |
| Succeeded by | Shane Love |
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Troy Buswell |
| Constituency | Vasse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elizabeth Hansen-Knarhoi 3 May 1977 Subiaco, Western Australia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Jonathan Mettam (m. 2000) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Dunsborough |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Journalist, electorate officer, politician |
| Website | libbymettam |
Elizabeth Mettam (née Hansen-Knarhoi; born 3 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party since 30 January 2023 and the member for Vasse in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 18 October 2014.
Mettam grew up in Kalgoorlie and Geraldton, moving to Perth to study broadcasting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She then worked as a news producer between 1999 and 2005 for Channel 7, Channel 9 and the ABC and as an electorate officer for Liberal MP Barry House from 2005 to 2014, having moved to the town of Dunsborough in 2003. She was elected to Parliament in a 2014 by-election resulting from the resignation of Troy Buswell.
Following the Liberal Party's 2017 election loss, Mettam was elevated to the shadow cabinet, and following the resignation of Liza Harvey as Liberal leader in November 2020, Mettam became the party's deputy leader to Zak Kirkup. Following the party's landslide defeat in the 2021 state election, Mettam was one of just two remaining Liberal MPs. In January 2023, she became party leader following a leadership spill, defeating David Honey.