Ian Blayney


Ian Charles Blayney is an Australian politician.
He was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2008 state election, representing Geraldton. He won the seat of Geraldton as a Liberal candidate, defeating sitting Labor member Shane Hill after a redistribution made the seat notionally Liberal. He holds an Associate Diploma of Agriculture.
On 24 July 2019, Blayney announced he had resigned from the Liberal Party, and applied to join the WA Nationals. He was accepted into the National Party on 17 August 2019 by their leader, Mia Davies.