Andrea Gail West (née Kaus; 16 September 1952 – 20 April 2010) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party and served a single term in the House of Representatives, representing the Queensland seat of Bowman from 1996 to 1998.

West was born in Brisbane on 16 September 1952.^[1] She was the daughter of Bill Kaus, who was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as a Liberal in 1966.^[2] She held the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland and a diploma from the Mount Gravatt Teachers' College. Prior to entering parliament she worked as a primary school teacher.^[3] Afterwards she became a teacher at Qatar International School.^{[citation needed]}

West served as chairman of the Liberal Party's Cleveland–Ormiston branch.^[3] She was elected to the Division of Bowman in the Coalition's landslide victory at the 1996 federal election, defeating the incumbent Australian Labor Party (ALP) member Con Sciacca.^[4]

In parliament, West served on the Joint Statutory Committee on the National Crime Authority and the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs.^[3] She spoke of the need to "safeguard the sanctity of the family" and supported reforms to child support and Australian family law.^[5] According to George Brandis, she supported the Howard government's introduction of goods and services tax (GST) despite the impact it was likely to have on her re-election campaign in a marginal seat.^[2] Con Sciacca reclaimed Bowman for the ALP at the 1998 federal election.^[4]

After her defeat, West remained active in the Liberal Party.^[4] In 2000 she unsuccessfully sought preselection for a casual vacancy in the Senate caused by the resignation of Warwick Parer.^[2]

West lived at Wellington Point with her husband Jeremy and had three children.^[4] She died of breast cancer on 20 April 2010, aged 57, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.^{[6][failed verification]}