David John Honey is an Australian politician. He is the current Shadow Minister for Industrial Development; Water; Lands and the Liberal Party's Legislative Assembly Policy Co-ordinator. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as a Liberal Party member for the electoral district of Cottesloe in a by-election on 17 March 2018, following the resignation of former Premier Colin Barnett. Honey completed a Bachelor of Science with 1st Class Honours and a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Western Australia. He has held technical roles including as a Forensic Scientist and Environmental Scientist with the State Government and also formed the Hydrometallurgy Research Group for Western Australian Mining Corporation. Honey was formerly the Global Residue Manager for Alcoa’s Refining operations, having overall accountability for the refining residue operations in the United States, Spain, Brazil and Australia. Prior to this role, David has held senior management and technical roles in Alcoa. He joined Alcoa as a Senior Principal Research Scientist in the Global Refining Centre of Excellence before moving on to the positions of: Clarification Manager, Pinjarra Refinery; Digestion manager, Kwinana Refinery, Production Manager, Kwinana Refinery; and Western Australian Operations Residue Manager. Outside Alcoa, Honey has been active in the community. From 2012 to 2018 he was the President of the Kwinana Industries Council, which is an industry body representing the major industries in the Kwinana and Rockingham Industrial area. He is an active Surf Life Saver in the Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club. He has taken on various volunteer roles, including: a 3-year term as State President for the Liberal Party in Western Australia; and as a Guild Councillor, member of Senate, member of Professorial Board and committee member of Convocation at the University of Western Australia. During his time as party president, Honey was aligned to controversial power broker Noel Crichton-Browne but when Crichton-Browne made inappropriate sexual comments to journalist Colleen Egan at a Liberal Party conference, Dr Honey then initiated the successful motion to expel Crichton-Browne from the party.
