Sarah Connolly | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Laverton | |
Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Tarneit | |
In office 24 November 2018 –26 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Telmo Languiller |
Succeeded by | Dylan Wight |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 December 1981 |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Labor Party |
Spouse | Scott Connolly |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Committees | Member,Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee March 2019 - February 2021 Chair,Legislative Assembly Environment and Planning Committee December 2020 - August 2022 Contents[1] |
Website | www |
Sarah Connolly (born 29 December 1981[ citation needed ]) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2018,representing the electorates of Tarneit (2018-2022) and Laverton (2022-present),in Melbourne's outer west.
Connolly grew up in the coastal township of Kingscliff in northern New South Wales. [2]
She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland and Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Queensland University of Technology. [3] [ failed verification ]
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Prior to entering into politics, Connolly worked in the criminal justice system as a judge’s associate, and in a law firm. She also worked for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Australian Energy Regulator, and spent over a decade working across public and privately-owned energy networks in policy, legislative reform and regulatory frameworks. [4]
Connolly is married to Scott Connolly, Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Together they have had three children but the eldest, Viviene, has died. [5]
Connolly was pre-selected by the Labor Party as its candidate for Tarneit in 2017 and went on to be elected at the 2018 Victorian State Election. She was a Board Member of VicHealth, and is a member of the Transport Workers Union and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. [6]
At the 2022 state election, she stood in the new electorate of Laverton, which had been established in a redistribution, and was elected. [7]
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