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Anita Dow
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania
Assumed office
17 May 2021
PremierPeter Gutwein
LeaderDavid O’Byrne
Rebecca White
Preceded byMichelle O’Byrne
Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
Assumed office
17 May 2021
LeaderDavid O’Byrne
Preceded byMichelle O’Byrne
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Division of 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.