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Revision as of 05:54, 15 August 2024
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| name = Alison Byrnes
| honorific-suffix = MP
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|office = Member of the
Australian Parliament
for Cunningham
|term_start1 = 21 May 2022
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|predecessor1 = Sharon Bird
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| party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor
| birth_place = Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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| spouse = Paul Scully
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| occupation = Politician
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| website = https://www.nswlabor.org.au/alison_byrnes
She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected as a member for the New South Wales seat of Cunningham in the House of Representatives in the 2022 election.
Early life
She is the daughter of Petronella and Ron Byrnes; her mother was born in the Netherlands and arrived in Australia as a child.[1]
Byrnes grew up in the suburb of Woonona,[2] attending Woonona Public School and Woonona High School.[1] She holds the degree of Master of Management from the University of Wollongong.[3]
Politics
Byrnes has worked for the ALP since the age of 16.[4] She was a staffer to Cunningham MP Sharon Bird for 18 years,[5] including as chief of staff.[6] Following Bird's retirement, she won ALP preselection for Cunningham in February 2022.[5] She was chosen unopposed following the withdrawal of her main opponent, Misha Zelinsky.[4] At the 2022 Federal Election, she was elected to the seat of Cunningham with 65% of the vote.[7][8]
Personal life
Byrnes is married to Paul Scully, an ALP member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.[4] She has sometimes used the name "Alison Byrnes-Scully".[6][9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Maiden Speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Alison Byrnes". Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
aphwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c "Labor candidate Alison Byrnes launches campaign for Illawarra seat of Cunningham". ABC Illawarra. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b Tullis, Ashleigh (21 February 2022). "MP Sharon Bird's staffer Alison Byrnes preselected as Labor's candidate in federal Cunningham seat". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ a b Pearson, Andrew (5 December 2016). "Labor staffer ditches Watson for new MP". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ McIlwain, Kate (21 May 2022). "'Alison Byrnes wins Cunningham for Labor'". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "House of Representatives division information".
- ^ "Labor preselection in Cunningham heats up; Andrew Constance confirmed for Liberals in Gilmore". ABC Illawarra. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- Living people
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- People from Wollongong
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Cunningham
- Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Australian people of Dutch descent
- 1974 births