Jamie Parker | |
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Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Balmain | |
Assumed office 26 March 2011 | |
Preceded by | Verity Firth |
Majority | 4.9% (2015) |
37th Mayor of Leichhardt | |
In office 13 September 2008 –19 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Carolyn Allen |
Succeeded by | Rochelle Porteous |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamie Thomas Parker Wellingborough,Northamptonshire,England |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Greens New South Wales |
Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Website | Official website |
Jamie Thomas Parker is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain for the Greens since 2011. [1] Parker was the first Green to represent his party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Parker has been active in social justice and environmental issues for many years and while at university was elected the NSW president and subsequently the national environment officer of the National Union of Students. [2]
Parker stood for and was elected to Leichhardt Council in 1999 as a NSW Greens member. Parker was subsequently re-elected in 2004 and 2008. While on Council he has served as chair of the Environment Committee,as deputy mayor and,since 2008,as the mayor of Leichhardt. He retired from Council at the 2012 election. [3]
Parker has served as the convenor (state party chairman) of the NSW Greens.
Parker won the seat of Balmain from Labor's Verity Firth at the 2011 State election. [4] [5] [6] He is the first member of the NSW Greens to sit in the Lower House of the New South Wales Parliament.
Parker announced that he would not be contesting the 2023 State election on 14 October 2022. [7]
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