Reba Meagher | |
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Minister for Health | |
In office 2 April 2007 –5 September 2008 | |
Preceded by | John Hatzistergos |
Succeeded by | John Della Bosca |
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta | |
In office 22 October 1994 –17 September 2008 | |
Preceded by | John Newman |
Succeeded by | Nick Lalich |
Personal details | |
Born | Caringbah,New South Wales,Australia | 11 September 1967
Political party | Labor Party |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Occupation | Trade unionist |
Reba Paige Meagher (born 11 September 1967) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing the electoral district of Cabramatta. She was a minister in various portfolios from 2003 to 2008,including Minister for Health. On 6 September 2008 Meagher announced that she would not be seeking a ministerial appointment from new Premier Nathan Rees. [1] On 13 September 2008 she announced her retirement from politics. She formally resigned on 17 September 2008. [2]
Meagher was born in 1967 in Caringbah,New South Wales,the daughter of Les Meagher,a printer for the Sydney Morning Herald . [3] She received her Higher School Certificate from Endeavour High School in 1985. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney in 1989,and a Master of Labour Law and Relations in 1992. [4] [5]
Meagher declared on 7 November 2008 at an inquiry that,just over an hour after the Cabramatta MP John Newman had been shot in front of his fiancee on 5 September 1994,the then Labor Party head John Della Bosca,offered the seat to Reba Meagher,confirming an offer he had first made hours before the killing. [6]
Since entering Parliament,Meagher served in a number of ministerial and sub-ministerial positions:
She also served on a number of Parliamentary Committees:
Meagher lives in the eastern Sydney suburb of Coogee.[ citation needed ]
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