Tung Ngo
Tung Ngo MLC | |
|---|---|
| Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972/1973 (age 48–49)[1] Vietnam |
| Citizenship | Australian[2] |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
| Alma mater | University of South Australia |
Tung Ngo is an Australian politician in the South Australian Legislative Council for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2014 election.[3] Ngo is linked with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA).[1]
As a child, Ngo spent a year and a half in a refugee camp in the Philippines before arriving in Australia as a ten year old with his 15-year-old sister in the 1980s.[1] He attended Adelaide High School then University of South Australia where he attained a degree in computer and information science. He was elected to the City of Enfield council in 1995, the first Vietnamese-born person elected to local government in South Australia. He continued in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield until 2014. He is married and has three children. When elected in 2014, he also became the first Vietnamese-born member of parliament in South Australia.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c Gothe-Snape, Jackson; Boisvert, Eugene (16 March 2014). "South Australia's Parliament set to welcome first Vietnamese-born member, but will Nick Xenophon's team manage to claim a seat?". The Advertiser. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Ngo, Tung (21 July 2017). "Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee". Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ 2014 SA election upper house result: Antony Green ABC
- ^ "Hon Tung Ngo MLC". Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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