Merome Beard is an Australian politician, representing the electoral district of North West Central in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 17 September 2022.
Beard is a great-great-granddaughter of Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell, the first president of the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1890.
[2] She competed as a rower at the Australian Institute of Sport and went to the 1994 World Championships.
[3] Beard and her husband have owned and ran the Port Hotel in Carnarvon for over twenty years.
[3][4] In late June 2022, Beard was selected by the National Party to contest the 2022 North West Central state by-election for them, after incumbent member Vince Catania announced his plans to retire.