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|name = Jamie Parker |
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| honorific-suffix = [[NSW Legislative Assembly|MP]] |
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|caption = Parker at the NSW election campaign launch, March 2011 |
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|constituency_MP = [[Electoral district of Balmain|Balmain]] |
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|parliament = New South Wales |
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|majority = 4.9% (2015) |
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|term_start = [[2011 New South Wales state election|26 March 2011]] |
| term_start = [[2011 New South Wales state election|26 March 2011]] |
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|office2 = 37th [[List of mayors of Leichhardt|Mayor of Leichhardt]] |
| office2 = 37th [[List of mayors of Leichhardt|Mayor of Leichhardt]] |
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|term_start2 = 13 September 2008 |
| term_start2 = 13 September 2008 |
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|term_end2 = 19 May 2011 |
| term_end2 = 19 May 2011 |
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|predecessor2 = Carolyn Allen |
| predecessor2 = Carolyn Allen |
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|successor2 = Rochelle Porteous |
| successor2 = Rochelle Porteous |
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|birth_place = [[Wellingborough]], Northamptonshire, England |
| birth_place = [[Wellingborough]], Northamptonshire, England |
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|birthname = Jamie Thomas Parker |
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|nationality = Australian |
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|party = [[Greens New South Wales]] |
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|alma_mater = [[Macquarie University]] |
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Revision as of 09:30, 28 July 2021
Jamie Parker | |
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 Parker at the NSW election campaign launch, March 2011 | |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Balmain | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Verity Firth |
| Majority | 4.9% (2015) |
| 37th Mayor of Leichhardt | |
| In office 13 September 2008 – 19 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Allen |
| Succeeded by | Rochelle Porteous |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamie Thomas Parker Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Greens New South Wales |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
| Website | Official website |
Jamie Thomas Parker is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain for the Greens since 2011.[1] Parker is the first Green to represent his party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Political career
Parker has been active in social justice and environmental issues for many years and while at university was elected the NSW president and subsequently the national environment officer of the National Union of Students.[2]
Parker stood for and was elected to Leichhardt Council in 1999 as a NSW Greens member. Parker was subsequently re-elected in 2004 and 2008. While on Council he has served as chair of the Environment Committee, as deputy mayor and, since 2008, as the mayor of Leichhardt. He retired from Council at the 2012 election.[3]
Parker has served as the convenor (state party chairman) of the NSW Greens.
Parker won the seat of Balmain from Labor's Verity Firth at the 2011 State election.[4][5][6] He is the first member of the NSW Greens to sit in the Lower House of the New South Wales Parliament.
References
- ^ "Mr Jamie Thomas PARKER, BEcon, MPolEc MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Howes, Paul (13 March 2011). "Firth deserves to survive the wreck". awu.net.au. Australian Workers' Union. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Leichhardt Green Team Balances Experience and New Ideas". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Greens looking in doubt". Inner West Courier. News Limited. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ Smith, Alexandra (28 March 2011). "Humiliated Labor goes gunning for scapegoats". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ "Greens claim victory in Balmain: Sky News". SkyNews.com.au. 2 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
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