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{{short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Adele Carles
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Adele Carles portrait.jpeg
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|caption =
|constituency_MP = [[electoral district of Fremantle|Fremantle]]
|parliament = Western Australian
|term_start = 16 May 2009
|term_end = 9 March 2013
|predecessor = [[Jim McGinty]]
|successor = [[Simone McGurk]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Kalgoorlie, Western Australia]]
|birthname = Adele Simone Carles
|citizenship = Australian
|party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (since 2010)
|otherparty = [[Greens Western Australia]] (until 2010)
|spouse = Francois Carles
|partner = [[Troy Buswell]] (2010-2012)<ref name="perthnow">{{cite news | url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/its-all-over-for-adele-carles/story-e6frg14c-1226353680306 | title=It's all over for Adele Carles | work=PerthNow | date=12 May 2012 | accessdate=9 July 2012 | author=Spagnolo, Joe}}</ref>
|alma_mater =
|occupation =
|profession = Lawyer
|website =}}
'''Adele Simone Carles''' (born 19 February 1968) is an Australian former politician. She was a member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] from 2009 to 2013, representing the electorate of [[electoral district of Fremantle|Fremantle]]. She was initially elected as a [[Greens Western Australia|Greens WA]] member at the [[2009 Fremantle state by-election]], becoming the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat. However, she resigned from the Greens on 6 May 2010 to sit as an [[Independent politician|independent]]. In November 2010, Carles agreed to guarantee [[confidence and supply]] votes for the incumbent [[Colin Barnett]] [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] [[minority government]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/premier-barnett-brokers-secret-deal-with-independent-mp-adele-carles-ng-f07c5fae4095e27fa8400ed1c18cdd3c|title=Barnett's 'secret deal' with Adele Carles|date=6 November 2010|website=PerthNow}}</ref><ref name="parlprofile">{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Carles,+Adele+Simone?opendocument | title=Ms Adele Simone Carles MLA BCom, LLB (Hons) | publisher=Parliament of Western Australia | accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref> She ran for re-election as an independent at the [[2013 Western Australian state election|2013 state election]], but was defeated, finishing fourth behind the Labor, Liberal and Greens candidates with 5.49% of the vote.

==2008 state election==
Carles, a solicitor before entering politics, was defeated in the [[2008 Western Australian state election|2008 state election]]. She polled 27.6% of the vote against Labor Attorney-General [[Jim McGinty]] (38.7%), marginally less than Liberal candidate Brian Christie (30.2%).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/election_results/2008_State_General_Election/District_of_Fremantle/District_results.php |title=Western Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=6 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223201010/http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/election_results/2008_State_General_Election/District_of_Fremantle/District_results.php |archive-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==2009 Fremantle by-election==
In 2009, Carles was preselected by [[Greens Western Australia|Greens WA]] to run again at the [[2009 Fremantle state by-election]] following the retirement of McGinty. With the Liberals not contesting the election, Carles was rated a chance of becoming the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2009/fremantle/ 2009 Fremantle By-election - ABC Elections], Australian Broadcasting Corporation</ref>

Carles won the seat with 44.06% of the primary vote, ahead of Labor candidate and former [[List of mayors of Fremantle|Fremantle Mayor]], [[Peter Tagliaferri]], as well as receiving enough preferences from other candidates to gain an absolute majority of ballots cast.<ref name="2009 Freo results">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090516075838/http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/District_of_Fremantle/District_results.php 2009 Fremantle By-election - Results], Western Australian Electoral Commission</ref> This was the highest primary vote result for the Greens in a state or federal election in Australia, and the first time the Greens had outpolled all other parties on their primary vote. Their previous record vote was 38.96% in the [[2005 Marrickville state by-election]] in [[New South Wales]] (also not contested by the Liberals).

==Buswell affair==
In April 2010, Carles publicly acknowledged that she and Liberal Treasurer, [[Troy Buswell]], had been engaged in a "mutual, albeit stupid" affair that lasted several months.<ref name="carles admits affair with busewell">{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wa-greens-mp-adele-carles-admits-affair-with-treasurer-buswell/news-story/96276a839e7d67ab72077a45e2b38c2c|title=WA Greens MP Adele Carles admits affair with Treasurer Buswell|work=[[The Australian]]|date=25 April 2010|accessdate=25 April 2010}}</ref> Carles had previously denied the affair despite persistent rumours, claiming to be a victim of a Labor smear campaign.<ref name="Sniffer's affair with Greens MP puts career as Treasurer in doubt">{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/state-politics/sniffers-affair-with-greens-mp-puts-career-as-treasurer-in-doubt/story-e6frgczx-1225858118917|title=Sniffer's affair with Greens MP puts career as Treasurer in doubt|work=[[The Australian]]|date=26 April 2010|accessdate=26 April 2010|first=Nicolas|last=Perpitch}}</ref>

On 6 May 2010, she resigned from the Greens to sit as an independent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/carles-walks-out-on-greens-ng-ya-213191/|title=Carles walks out on Greens|work=[[The West Australian]]|date=7 May 2010|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref>

In December 2012, Buswell launched a $3 million defamation case against Carles in relation to allegations and counter-claims both made about Buswell's alleged lewd and drunken behaviour at the home of property developer [[Nigel Satterley]] in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Robyn|title=Defamation case is 'harassment'|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/defamation-case-is-harassment-20121216-2bhcx.html|accessdate=2013-03-24|newspaper=WA Today|date=2012-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Preston|first=Robyn|title=Calls to sack Troy Buswell|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/calls-to-sack-troy-buswell-20121209-2b3aw.html#ixzz2EbcyDnEk|accessdate=2013-03-24|newspaper=WA Today|date=2012-12-10}}</ref>

At the 9 March 2013 [[2013 Western Australian state election|state election]] Carles was defeated by [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor's]] [[Simone McGurk]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Robertson|first=Katie|title=Adele Carles in hiding, may run for mayor|url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/top-stories/adele-carles-in-hiding-may-run-for-mayor/story-e6frg12l-1226594163585|accessdate=2013-03-24|newspaper=Sunday Times|date=2013-03-10}}</ref> She finished second from last with only five percent of the primary vote.

She ran for [[City of Fremantle#Mayors of Fremantle|mayor of Fremantle]] in 2021 but lost to Hannah Fitzhardinge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Local Government Elections. 2021 Ordinary Election - Fremantle |url=https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/local/election#/409419AF-37D5-447E-8112-4E23C1EEC029/Fremantle}}</ref>

== References ==
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*{{cite news | title = WA politics: the Buswell/Carles scandal | work = [[The Week]] | issue = Australian edition, issue 75 | date = 2010-04-30 | page = 19}}
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140325104619/http://adelecarles.wordpress.com/ Adele Carles – Former official blog] (archived from [http://adelecarles.wordpress.com original site])
* [https://greens.org.au/wa/person/adele-carles Greens WA profile]
* [https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Carles,+Adele+Simone?opendocument Parliament of WA profile]

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