Political career
In the 2019 Australian federal election she was the Australian Labor Party candidate in the Division of Sturt running unsuccessfully against Liberal candidate James Stevens. [5]
At the 2022 South Australian state election,O'Hanlon challenged the Premier,Steven Marshall,in his seat of Dunstan. A redistribution seemingly made Dunstan more secure for Marshall,and O'Hanlon needed a 7.1 percent swing to win it. However,election night saw a large swing toward Labor in Adelaide,and O’Hanlon picked up a swing of 6.9 percent after Green preferences flowed overwhelmingly to her. Had 260 more Green voters preferenced her ahead of Marshall,O'Hsnlon would have won.
Marshall retired from politics two years later. In the ensuing by-election,O’Hanlon made political history when she became the first government-backed candidate to win a seat from the opposition in a South Australian by-election in more than 116 years. [6] Labor won the seat by 360 votes. [7]
O'Hanlon won a full term at the 2026 state election,boosting her slender majority to 8.1 percent,on the stronger side of fairly safe. This was Labor's best result in Dunstan and its predecessor,Norwood,since 1982.
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