Paul Filing

Paul Filing
Member of the Australian Parliament for Moore
In office 24 March 1990 – 3 October 1998
Preceded by	Allen Blanchard
Succeeded by	Mal Washer
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-20) 20 December 1955 Wegberg, Germany
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal (1990–95) Independent (1995–98)
Spouse	Geraldine Filing
Children	James Filing, Phillip Filing and Isabelle Filing
Occupation	Police officer

Paul Anthony Filing (born 20 December 1955) was an Australian politician.

Born in Wegberg, Germany, he was a police officer and company manager in Australia before entering politics. From 1987 to 1989, he was Campaign Co-ordinator for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Moore, defeating sitting Labor member Allen Blanchard.

He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, John Hewson and Opposition Deputy Whip. In 1995, he lost Liberal endorsement to contest Moore at the next election, and resigned from the party to become an independent. He contested and won the seat of Moore as an independent in that election. His vote dropped dramatically in 1998 and he was eliminated on the fourth count, when Mal Washer regained the seat for the Liberals.

Since leaving politics he has owned and operated Aussie Home Loans mortgage broking franchise stores at Joondalup, Currambine, Belmont, Midland, Fremantle, Gosnells and Kalamunda in Perth's metropolitan area.

Further reading

• Aldred, Ken; Andrews, Kevin and Filing, Paul (eds.)(1994), The Heart of Liberalism. The Albury Papers, Mitcham, Victoria. ISBN 0-646-21290-7