Emily Suvaal | |
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![]() Suvaal in 2025 | |
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business | |
Assumed office 17 March 2025 | |
Premier | Chris Minns |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 25 March 2023 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | NSW Labor |
Spouse | Jay |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Cessnock |
Occupation | Registered Nurse |
Emily Suvaal is an Australian politician and former nurse and trade unionist. She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election.
Suvaal is a registered nurse,and in 2021 indicated her intention to run for Labor preselection in the division of Hunter with the impending retirement of Joel Fitzgibbon. [1] Olympic shooter Daniel Repacholi was ultimately preselected. [2] In 2022,Suvaal was endorsed as a NSW Labor candidate for the Legislative Council at the 2023 state election. [3] [4]
Suvaal was sworn in as Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business on 17 March 2025. [5]
Suvaal resides in Cessnock with her husband Jay.
Suvaal is passionate about improving community mental health services after her own experience of anorexia from teenage years to young adulthood. [6]