Helen Szuty

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Helen Margaret Szuty (born 3 September 1957) is a former Australian politician. She was an Independent member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1995.

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Education

Szuty graduated with a BA from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Education from the former Canberra College of Advanced Education before working in Community Services in Canberra. [1]

ACT Legislative Assembly

In 1992 she stood for the ACT Legislative Assembly and was elected as the running mate of sitting independent Michael Moore on the Moore Independents Group ticket, but sat in the Assembly as an independent. [2] She was unsuccessful in recontesting her seat at the 1995 election on Moore's ticket, and again on an attempt to regain her seat at the 1998 election as an unaligned independent. [3] [4]

Szuty v Smyth

In 1998, ACT Minister for Urban Services, Brendan Smyth claimed that Szuty made inappropriate representations to him on behalf of a client of the real estate agency where Szuty had recently been employed. Szuty made representations that her client was facing severe hardship. As a result of Smyth's complaint, made in confidence, to the Real Estate Institute of the ACT, Szuty was dismissed by her employer. Szuty asked Smyth to withdraw his complaint; which he ignored. [5] On the basis of the complaint, Szuty claimed that she had been allegedly defamed, and Smyth's actions adversely affected her employment and had ultimately forced her to leave the ACT. Szuty took defamation proceeding in the ACT Supreme Court. In a finding that was handed down in 2004, Chief Justice Higgins was scathing in his criticism of Smyth, but ruled that the defamatory remarks he had made about Szuty were protected by qualified privilege. [6]

South Australia

Szuty moved to Burra, South Australia in 1999. She edited and published "The Visitors Monthly" magazine in Burra from 2001 to 2011, and was also the spokesperson for the Group of Concerned Burra and District Residents and the Ratepayers Action Group (Regional Council of Goyder). She contested the Burra Ward of the Regional Council of Goyder at the 2010 and 2014 local government elections and again at a 2016 supplementary election, but was unsuccessful on each occasion. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

More recently she moved to Tanunda, South Australia where she has worked under contract as a Field Interviewer with Roy Morgan Research on a variety of projects. [1]

In the 2018 South Australian state election she was the SA Best candidate for the electoral district of Playford. [12] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Helen Szuty - candidate for the seat of Playford Archived 25 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine , sabest.org.au
  2. ↑ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Electorate of Ginninderra First Preference Results". 1995 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 1995. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Electorate of Ginninderra First Preference Results". 1998 Election. ACT Electoral Commission. 1998. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Wood, Bill (2 September 1998). "Ms Helen Szuty". Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly . Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Szuty v Smyth[2004] ACTSC 77" . Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Maunder, Sarah (14 January 2016). "Burra Ward: Meet Your Candidates". Northern Argus. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Goyder Elections". Burra Broadcaster. Retrieved 16 February 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Election day nears for Burra Ward". Burra Broadcaster. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Regional Council of Goyder, Councillor, 1 February 2016". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Electorate of Playford Archived 25 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine , sabest.org.au
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