Ellie Whiteaker

Ellie Whiteaker is a political party official in Western Australia. She is the first female Party Secretary of the WA State Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Early life
Eleanor Elizabeth Margaret (Ellie) Whiteaker was born in Kalamunda, Western Australia. As a small child she moved with her family to Kalgoorlie, where she completed her primary school education.

Whiteaker attended high school at Comet Bay College, in Rockingham's Secret Harbour.

She attended the University of Western Australia. While a student, she was president of WA Young Labor.

Career
Whiteaker formerly worked as a campaign organiser for UnionsWA, as an organiser for the AMWU, and as an adviser to Senator Louise Pratt.

In 2018, she was elected Assistant State Secretary to the WA State Branch of the ALP. She was re-elected in 2021, and then assumed position of State Secretary upon resignation of the incumbent Tim Picton.

Personal life
She is married to David Scaife, the MLA for Cockburn.