Carol Adams (born 13 July 1961) [1] is a local government representative from Western Australia.
She was the mayor of the City of Kwinana from 2006 to 2023, [2] when she announced that she would not contest the October 2023 elections. [3] She ran as an independent in the 2008 state election in the newly formed Electoral district of Kwinana. Adams also works as a solicitor for the Western Australian Police Union. [4] [5]
Prior to the election, she had twice sought preselection to stand as a Labor candidate, but was overlooked in favour of Roger Cook, a former state party secretary and state manager of public relations firm CPR, which is closely associated with the party. [6] A smear campaign against her by Dave Kelly, State secretary of the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers' Union had been waged in the last week of the election campaign. [6]
While she initially appeared to have narrowly won the seat, further counting revealed she had in fact lost by 300 votes to the Labor candidate Roger Cook. [7] If elected, Adams had been expected to take up the position of Speaker.
In local government, Adams was first elected to the Kwinana Town Council in 1997 and as mayor in 2006. [8] In May 2007, she launched a council backed project called "Looking Forward", aimed at attracting $11.5 billion in private and government sector investment in the next 15 years. [9]