Member of Parliament
Bishop won pre-selection for the Liberal Party for the seat of Curtin, Western Australia in 1998, and went on to win the seat at the federal election later that year, defeating the sitting member and Liberal turned independent Allan Rocher, who had held the seat since 1981.
Following the Liberals' February 2001 State election loss by Richard Court to Geoff Gallop, Bishop was mooted as a possible contender for the leader of the state opposition. Initially Court had announced that he would stay on as opposition leader, but had secretly negotiated a deal under which she would leave the Federal Parliament and factional opponent Colin Barnett would move to Canberra. The deal soon collapsed, however, with Court resigning and Bishop declaring that the arrangement wasn't bizarre, but "... innovative, different." Barnett took over the position.
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