Fred Riebeling

Fredrick Riebeling (born 29 January 1953) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2008.

Early life Riebeling was born in Bridgetown and moved to Perth as a young child. Prior to entering parliament, he had a career with the Crown Law Department.

Career Before becoming a member of parliament, Riebeling was a Roebourne shire president. He represented the electorate of Ashburton until it was abolished in 1994 and became part of the electorate of Burrup, which itself was later abolished in a redistribution in 2003 and became part of the electorate of North West Coastal in 2005.

Riebeling was appointed as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 2001. and Vince Catania, the son of Balcatta MP Nick Catania, won preselection for the vacant seat and retained the seat for the Labor Party.

Riebeling is currently an elected member for the City of Mandurah after winning his 2011 WA local government election contest for a Coastal Ward seat.

In 2013, Riebeling stood against incumbent Liberal Kim Hames

In 2019, he was appointed Commissioner of the Town of Port Hedland.

Riebeling was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.

Personal life Riebeling is married to Colleen Riebling and has three sons.