Dylan Wight | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Tarneit | |
Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Sarah Connolly |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labor |
Dylan Wight is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Tarneit in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in the 2022 state election,replacing Sarah Connolly,who transferred to the new seat of Laverton. [1]
Before being elected to Parliament,Wight worked as an organiser at the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. [2]
Wight is a member of the Victorian Socialist Left faction in the Labor Party.[ citation needed ]
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