Labor retained the seat.Colvin, Mark "WA corruption commission investigates ex-premier Burke" ABC PM radio transcript 20 February 2007 Burke subsequently stood trial on five charges of telling lies to the CCC inquiry and on 1 April 2010 was found guilty of deliberately giving false testimony and fined $25,000. An attempted appeal to the High Court against the conviction failed. Soon after, Burke was found not guilty of a separate charge of disclosing official secrets. On 19 June 2013, Burke was charged with four counts of insider trading relating to the ASX-listed telecommunications company AMCOM, all of which were dropped on 18 February 2014. Since retiring as a lobbyist in 2006, Burke has worked with his son Peter as a property developer. Personal life Burke and his wife have four sons and two daughters. In 1984, Burke stated "I leave the church going to my wife. I run the country." In 1986, when asked "Are you a practising Catholic?", he replied "no, I am not a practising Catholic... I suppose I am partly a practising Catholic." Legacy Burke has had several books written about him. Patrick O'Brien, the senior lecturer in politics at the University of Western Australia, released The Burke Ambush: Corporatism and Society in Western Australia in 1986 and Burke's Shambles: Parliamentary Contempt in the Wild West alongside Anthony McAdam in 1987. In 1988, John Hamilton released Burkie: A biography of Brian Burke with the cooperation of Burke. In 2008, Edith Cowan University Professor Quentin Beresford released The Godfather: The life of Brian Burke, an unauthorised biography. In 2017, Burke released an autobiography titled A tumultuous life. There is also Brian Peachy's The Burkes of Western Australia, which was released in 1992 and is about Burke's father and his family. In 2008, Business News'''s Joseph Poprzeczny said that Burke was the most written about premier in Western Australian history. See also Electoral results for the district of Balcatta Electoral results for the district of Balga List of heads of government who were later imprisoned List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes References Bibliography External links Mr Brian Thomas Burke in the Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia Living people 1947 births Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Premiers of Western Australia Treasurers of Western Australia Leaders of the Opposition in Western Australia Labor Right