Emily Suvaal

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Emily Suvaal
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Assumed office
25 March 2023
Personal details
Nationality Australian
Political party NSW Labor
SpouseJay
Children2
Residence Cessnock
OccupationTrade unionist

Emily Suvaal is an Australian politician, nurse and trade unionist. She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election.

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Career

Suvaal is a registered nurse and has been a representative on the "A Healthy Society Policy Committee" of NSW Labor since 2019. [1] In 2021, Suvaal indicated her intention to run for Labor preselection in the division of Hunter with the impending retirement of Joel Fitzgibbon. [2] Olympic shooter Daniel Repacholi was ultimately preselected. [3] In 2022, Suvaal was endorsed as a NSW Labor candidate for the Legislative Council at the 2023 state election. [4] [5]

Personal life

Suvaal resides in Cessnock with her husband Jay. She has two sons and volunteers on the board of directors for the community childcare centre attended by them. [1]

Suvaal is passionate about improving community mental health services after her own experience of anorexia from teenage years to young adulthood. [6]

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References

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  2. Martin, Sarah (20 September 2021). "Labor candidate's social media taunt aimed at coalmining opponents stokes preselection anger". Guardian Australia . Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. Parris, Michael (14 October 2021). "Climate, leadership, jobs: Albo lays out Labor's battle plan". The Newcastle Herald . Australian Community Media . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  4. Smith, Alexandra (20 September 2022). "NSW Labor frontbencher delivers extraordinary attack on one of her own". The Sydney Morning Herald . Nine Entertainment . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  5. "Candidates - Legislative Council Group D: LABOR". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. Rose, Tamsin (16 July 2023). "'Nobody knew': how Emily Suvaal came to recount her fight with anorexia in NSW's parliament". The Guardian.