Cressida O'Hanlon | |
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Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Dunstan | |
Assumed office 23 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Steven Marshall |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
Political party | Labor |
Relations | Boyd family |
Cressida Clytie O'Hanlon (born 1972) is an Australian politician from the Labor Party. [1] She has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since winning the 2024 Dunstan state by-election. [2] She contested the same seat against Premier Steven Marshall in the 2022 state election. [3]
Cressida previously owned her own corporate mediating business before working as a political staffer to Reggie Martin MLC. [4]
In the 2019 Australian federal election she was the Australian Labor Party candidate in the Division of Sturt but was defeated by Liberal candidate James Stevens. [5]
In the 2024 Dunstan by-election,O’Hanlon made political history when she became the first government-backed candidate to win a seat from the opposition in a South Australian by-election in more than 116 years. [6] This is despite O'Hanlon seeing a 3.1% swing against Labor in the primary vote. Labor secured the seat by only 360 votes. [7]
Cressida is married to James O'Hanlon,a 25-year veteran of the Australian Army. [8] She is the daughter of a bricklayer. [9]
Her grandparents,part of the Boyd artistic dynasty,were the artists David Boyd and Hermia Boyd. [10]
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