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Tamara Smith
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Ballina
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byDon Page
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyGreens New South Wales
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
University of Sydney
Southern Cross University
OccupationSecondary school teacher
ProfessionSolicitor
Websitewww.tamarasmith.com.au

Tamara Francine Smith, an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Ballina for the Greens since 2015.[1] Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.

Novelist Dominic Smith is her brother.[2]

Political career

Smith won Ballina at the 2015 State election.[3] She joined two other Greens, Jamie Parker and Jenny Leong (Member for Newtown) in the lower house of the New South Wales Parliament. She retained her seat, with a 2.26% two-party preferred swing in her favour, in the 2019 election.

Personal

Smith's family have lived in the Northern Rivers area for four generations. She has campaigned against the Howard government's WorkChoices scheme and coal seam gas and not much else.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ms Tamara Francine Smith, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ Baum, Caroline (21 May 2016). "Dominic Smith". The Age.
  3. ^ Hasham, Nicole. "NSW Election 2015: Greens celebrate strong inner west showing against Labor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ http://www.tamarasmith.com.au/about_tamara
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Ballina
2015–present
Incumbent