Antonio Krsticevic is an Australia

Australia

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n politician, and the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 member for Carine

Electoral district of Carine

The Electoral district of Carine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Liberal seat.-Geography:...

 in the Western Australia

Western Australia

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n Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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. He was elected at the 2008 election

Western Australian state election, 2008

A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...

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Born in Croatia

Croatia

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, Krsticevic emigrated to Australia at the age of three with his family a few years after his father established himself, and became a citizen at age 10. After completing a Bachelor of Business with a major in Accounting and Computing, he worked for 20 years at the Australian Taxation Office

Australian Taxation Office

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 in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. He also served on the Ethnic Communities Council's management committee and was a founding member and the first chairman of the Croatian Community Council, as well as coaching the local junior soccer team in Balcatta

Balcatta, Western Australia

Balcatta is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling. It is a primarily middle-class suburb made up of mainly Italian Catholic, Greek and Macedonian Orthodox families, as well as many families from other European Orthodox religions. It is also one of...

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He joined the Liberal Party in January 2008 after being asked to nominate for Carine after the incumbent member, Katie Hodson-Thomas

Katie Hodson-Thomas

Katina "Katie" Hodson-Thomas was born 28 April 1957 in Adelaide in South Australia. She was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Carine after winning the seat in the 1996 election...

, announced her retirement.

He is married to Nada and has three children.