Mattthew Swinbourn | |
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![]() Matthew Swinbourn at Serpentine National Park | |
Minister for Environment; Community Services; Homelessness | |
Assumed office 19 March 2021 | |
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 22 May 2017 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Middle Swan,Western Australia | 3 April 1975
Political party | Labor |
Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
Profession | Lawyer |
Matthew Dean Swinbourn (born 3 April 1975) is an Australian politician. He was educated at Kent Street Senior High School. [1]
He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election,as a Labor member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term began on 22 May 2017.
Following the 2021 Western Australian state election,Swinbourn was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs,John Quigley. [2]
Before entering politics,Swinbourn worked at several trade unions. [3] In 2002,he was employed by the Liquor,Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union as a workers' compensation officer. He took a position at the Construction,Forestry,Mining and Energy Union as an industrial officer in 2007 for three years, [4] before taking a position at the Health Services Union. Swinbourn returned to the CFMEU in 2012,where he worked as a lawyer until his election.