
Terrence Winner is from an indigenous background, born and raised in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
He is chief executive of the Goldfields Individual and Family Support Association, councillor at the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, executive officer of the Eastern Goldfields YMCA, and a board member of the Goldfields Esperance Development Commission in 2020 including a 2-year stint as deputy chair before becoming chair in August 2023.
In 2006, he won a Western Australia Youth Award for Leadership and was the 2009 WA Young Person of the Year.