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Angie Bell | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Moncrieff | |
Assumed office 18 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Steven Ciobo |
Personal details | |
Born | Adelaide,South Australia | 11 July 1968
Political party | Liberal (LNP) |
Occupation | Musician and retail manager |
Angie Marion Bell [1] (born 11 July 1968) [2] is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election,representing the Division of Moncrieff in Queensland. She is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
Bell was born in Adelaide. [2] She attended Gawler High School,where she learned the tenor saxophone and came to the attention of jazz musician Don Burrows. She subsequently won a scholarship from Rotary International to study music in Denmark. When she returned to Australia she enrolled in the Elder Conservatorium of Music,studying jazz,saxophone,and voice. [3]
Prior to entering politics,Bell worked as a professional musician for 35 years. [3] She also worked as a sales agent across several Australian states before settling in Queensland in 2002,where she worked with the National Retail Association as a consultant and workplace trainer. [2] From 2010 she worked for Paint Place as visual merchandising manager (2010–2015) and national business development manager (2015–2018). Bell attended Griffith University as a mature-age student,completing a graduate certificate in marketing. In 2014 she wrote a book on rebranding and marketing for small businesses. [2] [3]
Bell joined the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) at the age of 45. [3] She served as president of LNP Women Queensland from 2017 to 2019. [2]
In April 2019,Bell won LNP preselection for the Division of Moncrieff,replacing the retiring MP Steven Ciobo. According to The Australian ,she defeated eight other candidates in an "upset victory". [4] She retained Moncrieff for the Liberals at the 2019 federal election,with a small positive swing to the party. [5]
Bell is a member of the Moderate/Modern Liberal faction of the Liberal Party. [6] [7]
Bell is in a long-term relationship with her partner Ros,who has four adult children. [3] She is the first openly gay woman to represent a major party in the House of Representatives,the second overall after independent Kerryn Phelps,and the fifth gay woman in federal parliament. [8]
Bell supports the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). [9]