Politics
In 2000 Collier was accused of forging signatures on membership forms and using people's names without their consent in order to gain party pre-selection in the lead-up to the 2001 election. However the investigation by Western Australian police was dropped due to insufficient evidence. He denied the allegations.
He succeeded in defeating incumbent member Alan Cadby in a pre-selection battle in early 2004. Upon being informed that he would no longer have party support to contest a winnable position, Cadby promptly quit the party to become an independent and supported the Gallop Labor government pass its one vote one value electoral reform legislation in 2007, which had been stalled in an evenly divided Legislative Council for some years. Collier went on to win the North Metropolitan region seat in 2005.
Collier is a constitutional monarchist and argued for the retention of the oath of allegiance to the Queen for members of parliament. He is a member of the Western Australian branch of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy.
He is the current State Patron of the Western Australian Young Liberals, and was made a life member in 2006 for his services to the Young liberal Movement of Western Australia.
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