Reece Whitby


Reece Raymond Whitby is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Baldivis. Shortly after the 2017 election he was appointed by Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Minister for Energy and Finance and as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Disability Services.
Whitby was raised in Balga, and was a journalist before entering politics. He was a newsreader and senior reporter at Channel Seven. He ran unsuccessfully as the Labor candidate for Morley in 2008 and 2013.