Tamara Smith
Tamara Smith MP | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ballina | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Don Page |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October[1] |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens New South Wales |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales University of Sydney Southern Cross University |
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Website | Official website |
Tamara Francine Smith, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ballina for the Greens since 2015.[2] Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.
Novelist Dominic Smith is her brother.[3]
Political career[]
Smith won Ballina at the 2015 State election.[4] She joined two other Greens, Jamie Parker and Jenny Leong (member for Newtown) in the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament. She retained her seat, with a 2.26-point two-party swing in her favour, in the 2019 election.
Personal[]
Smith's family have lived in the Northern Rivers area for four generations. She has campaigned against the Howard government's WorkChoices scheme and coal seam gas.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Member for Ballina". Hansard. 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Ms Tamara Francine Smith, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Baum, Caroline (21 May 2016). "Dominic Smith". The Age.
- ^ Hasham, Nicole. "NSW Election 2015: Greens celebrate strong inner west showing against Labor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.tamarasmith.com.au/about_tamara
Authority control: Biographical dictionaries  |
|---|
 | This article about an Australian Greens politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- Living people
- Australian Greens members of the Parliament of New South Wales
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Australian solicitors
- Australian schoolteachers
- University of New South Wales alumni
- University of Sydney alumni
- Southern Cross University alumni
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- Women members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Australian Greens politician stubs