Wilson Tucker

Biography

Pre-2021 election Tucker lived in the state's South West region for most of his early life and graduated from St Joseph's High School. He worked as an electrician for two years before studying a Bachelor of Computer Science at Edith Cowan University in Perth. He moved to Seattle in 2018 to continue his career.

He co-founded the Daylight Saving Party with his twin brother Brett Tucker in 2016,

Tucker's 0.18% of the primary vote fell far short of the quota requirement; he reached the required quota of 6,603 with preferences from other microparties organised by Glenn Druery. Liberals for Climate, Sustainable Australia, Western Australia Party, Great Australian Party, Health Australia Party, Liberal Democrats and some independents preferenced the Daylight Saving Party second on their group voting tickets. His election, along with those of Sophia Moermond and Brian Walker – two Legalise Cannabis WA candidates in the electoral region of South West and East Metropolitan who respectively achieved 2.21% and 2.63% of the primary vote – attracted criticism of the group ticket voting system.

Tucker's election raised further controversy when it was revealed he had been working as a software engineering manager in Seattle, Washington, United States for several years at the time of his election. The only requirements to be elected in the Western Australian Legislative Council are that the candidate is at least 18, an Australian citizen, not subject to legal incapacity, an elector entitled to vote in a district and has lived in Western Australia for at least 1 year. Tucker said he would return to Western Australia to claim the seat.

Term Tucker was a member of the Standing Committee on Public Administration.

By August 2022, Tucker had drafted a private member's bill to introduce daylight saving in Western Australia. He wanted to have parliament directly introduce daylight saving rather than hold a referendum on the issue. Four previous referendums have been held in Western Australia, all rejecting the introduction of daylight saving. Premier McGowan said his government would "respect" the result of the four previous referendums.

Tucker's Daylight Saving Party did not apply for continuing registration and was deregistered by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in February 2023. Tucker continued his term as an independent. He considered joining the Democratic Labour Party for the 2025 state election. Tucker ended talks with the party, electing to return to the technology industry, when new state restrictions forced the party to change its name and it selected "Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!".