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She was Mayor of [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]] from 2014 until 2017,<ref name="mayor">{{cite news|last1=Elliott|first1=Imogen|title=Burnie City Council Mayor Anita Dow resigns|url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5006139/burnie-city-council-mayor-anita-dow-resigns/|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=The Advocate|date=23 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> and previously worked as a registered nurse.<ref name=ABC/>
She was Mayor of [[Burnie, Tasmania|Burnie]] from 2014 until 2017,<ref name="mayor">{{cite news|last1=Elliott|first1=Imogen|title=Burnie City Council Mayor Anita Dow resigns|url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5006139/burnie-city-council-mayor-anita-dow-resigns/|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=The Advocate|date=23 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> and previously worked as a registered nurse.<ref name=ABC/>


Following Labor's loss at the 2021 state election, Labor leader [[Rebecca White]] and deputy leader [[Michelle O’Byrne]] resigned their positions. Dow was elected unopposed as deputy leader, and is interim leader pending a leadership ballot.<ref name="depleader">{{cite news |title=Tasmanian Labor leadership to be decided by a vote of party members |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-17/vote-to-decide-tasmanian-labor-party-leadership/100143498 |access-date=17 May 2021 |work=ABC News |date=17 May 2021 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Following Labor's loss at the 2021 state election, Labor leader [[Rebecca White]] and deputy leader [[Michelle O’Byrne]] resigned their positions. Dow was elected unopposed as deputy leader.


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Revision as of 08:34, 15 June 2021

Anita Dow
Anita Dow as Mayor of Burnie in 2015
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Braddon
Assumed office
3 March 2018
Mayor of Burnie
In office
28 October 2014 – 23 October 2017
Preceded bySteve Kons
Succeeded byAlvwyn Boyd
Personal details
BornBurnie, Tasmania
Political partyLabor Party

Anita Joy Dow is an Australian politician and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Labor Party in the Division of Braddon at the 2018 state election.[1]

She was Mayor of Burnie from 2014 until 2017,[2] and previously worked as a registered nurse.[1]

Following Labor's loss at the 2021 state election, Labor leader Rebecca White and deputy leader Michelle O’Byrne resigned their positions. Dow was elected unopposed as deputy leader.

References

  1. ^ a b "Antony Green - Braddon". Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ Elliott, Imogen (23 October 2017). "Burnie City Council Mayor Anita Dow resigns". The Advocate. Retrieved 4 March 2018.