Emily Bourke | |
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Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 17 March 2018 | |
Assistant Minister to the Premier | |
Assumed office 24 March 2022 | |
Premier | Peter Malinauskas |
Preceded by | Position created |
Personal details | |
Born | Maitland,South Australia |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Aemon Bourke |
Children | 3 daughters |
Emily Sarah Bourke is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2018 state election. [1]
Bourke previously worked as a staffer for Premier Jay Weatherill. She was elevated to the top position on Labor's Legislative Council ticket by the Right faction after Leesa Vlahos withdrew. [2]
After Labor won government at the 2022 state election,Bourke was appointed by new Premier Peter Malinauskas to Cabinet as Assistant Minister to the Premier. [3] [4] In August 2022,she was appointed the assistant minister for autism.
Bourke was born and grew up on a farm near Maitland on Yorke Peninsula. She studied in Adelaide then moved back to Yorke Peninsula to work for the Yorke Peninsula Country Times. She married Aemon Bourke and they live in Adelaide with three daughters. [5] [6]
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