Barry Urban

Quick Facts

Full Name	Barry Urban
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 10, 1968(1968-12-10)
Age	56
Birthplace	Ashington
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Barry Urban Biography

Barry Urban is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 10, 1968 in Ashington, England, United Kingdom. Barry Urban (born 10 December 1968) is an former Australian politician. Urban was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing Darling Range from March 2017 until the time of his resignation in May of 2018. Urban is an official part in the Labor Party but resigned from the party and became an independent since November 2017, following several scandals that involved fraudulent claims about his credentials, including his academic qualifications as well as his wearing of the overseas medal of the police that he did not have rights.

In November of 2017, Urban was asked to justify why he was wearing his Australian Police Overseas Service Medal for commemoration even though he had not served overseas with the Australian police department. Urban claimed that he had been awarded a medal from British authorities for his role as a war crime investigation officer within Bosnia-Herzegovina in the latter part of 1990 and that he’d received the wrong medal by officials from the UK. The next day Urban issued an announcement that he purchased an special International Police Service Medal from a store selling military supplies because it was his belief that it was his right to receive one, however, he received the POSM wrongly. Additionally to this, The University of Leeds stated that there was no evidence of Urban being a student at the school and completing the Bachelor of Arts in health and physical education in the manner he claimed. His claims of having obtained a certificate that demonstrates higher learning in policing from Portsmouth University of Portsmouth, and the certificate of Local Government within Western Australia, were also investigated, and later proved to be untrue.

On 8 May 2018, the committee released its report. The committee found Urban had committed a “gross and aggravated contempt of parliament” and had misled the house on five occasions. It also found that Urban had breached the trust of his constituents and his colleagues by representing himself as someone he was not. The committee recommended that Urban be expelled from the Legislative Assembly, concluding that Urban’s continued presence in the legislature was not “appropriate or tenable.” On the day the report was due to be released, ABC News reported that Urban planned to resign from Parliament. Minutes after the report was tabled, Urban resigned rather than face all-but-certain expulsion. A by-election for Darling Range was held on 23 June, with the Liberal candidate Alyssa Hayden winning the seat.

In May 2018, the parliament’s procedures and privileges committee recommended Urban be expelled from the assembly after it found he had misled the house on five occasions. Urban resigned immediately after the tabling of the committee’s report, and his seat was subsequently lost to the Liberal Party. Urban was charged by WA Police with twelve counts of forgery, attempted fraud and false evidence in September 2018.

On the 29th of November, 2017 Urban declared his retirement from his position in the Labor Party. On the following day, after speaking to his parliament, Urban was referred to the committee for procedures and privileges.

Barry Urban Net Worth

Barry Urban is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Barry Urban 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Urban is a native of Ashington, Northumberland in England and was in the British Army after leaving school. Urban claimed that he been throughout Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Namibia and in 1989, he joined the police force. It was claimed that he served as a detective then later as an investigator of war crimes in Bosnia but these claims could be verified upon request and was removed from his biography in parliament in the wake of the medal scandal. He moved in Western Australia around 2000 and worked in the construction sector until he joined his current position with the Western Australia Police in 2005. He also served on Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire Council.

Urban first ran for Darling Range for Labor at the 2013 state election but was defeated in the end to incumbent Tony Simpson, winning only 34.7 percent of the two-party vote. Urban was again selected to be a candidate in the state election in 2017 and this time, he defeated Simpson and achieving an 18.9 percentage two-party preferred during the Liberals turmoil in Perth. Urban became the very first Labor member to ever get elected Darling Range; for most of its history the seat was believed to be a Liberal heartland.

On 21 September 2018, Urban was arrested by the Western Australia Police major fraud squad and charged with twelve offences, including forgery and attempted fraud over applications he made to WA Police, and five false evidence charges relating to information given to the parliamentary committee.

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Facts & Trivia

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Top Facts about Barry Urban

1. Barry Urban was a former member of the Western Australian Parliament.
2. He resigned in 2018 after admitting to lying about his education and military service.
3. Urban claimed to have received a degree from the University of Leeds, which was false.
4. He also falsely claimed to have served in Bosnia as part of the United Nations mission.
5. Urban’s lies were exposed by investigative journalists and led to a parliamentary inquiry.
6. The inquiry found that he had engaged in “dishonest conduct” and recommended criminal charges be considered.
7. Urban pleaded guilty to 12 charges of fraud and forgery in 2019.
8. He was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment but released on parole after serving seven months.
9. The scandal surrounding Urban caused public outrage and damaged trust in politicians.
10. It highlighted the need for greater scrutiny of politicians’ backgrounds and qualifications.