Libby Mettam

Elizabeth Mettam (née Hansen-Knarhoi, 3 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Vasse in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 18 October 2014 and the deputy leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party since 25 March 2025, after previously holding the position from November 2020 to January 2023. She was the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party from January 2023 to March 2025.

Mettam grew up in Kalgoorlie and Geraldton, moving to Perth to study broadcasting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She then worked as a news producer between 1999 and 2005 for Channel 7, Channel 9 and the ABC and as an electorate officer for Liberal MP Barry House from 2005 to 2014, having moved to the town of Dunsborough in 2003. She was elected to Parliament in a 2014 by-election resulting from the resignation of Troy Buswell.

Following the Liberal Party's 2017 election loss, Mettam was elevated to the shadow cabinet, and following the resignation of Liza Harvey as Liberal leader in November 2020, Mettam became the party's deputy leader to Zak Kirkup. Following the party's landslide defeat in the 2021 state election, Mettam was one of just two remaining Liberal MPs. In January 2023, she became party leader following a leadership spill, defeating David Honey. Mettam lead her party into the 2025 Western Australian state election which had a poor result for the Liberals. She was re-elected in the election in her own constituency. Following the election, she resigned as party leader and was replaced by Basil Zempilas. She subsequently stepped down to the role of deputy leader.