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'{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox MP |honorific-prefix = |name = Tamara Smith |honorific-suffix = [[NSW Legislative Assembly|MP]] |image = Tamara-Smith small.jpg |alt = |caption = |constituency_AM = [[Electoral district of Ballina|Ballina]] |assembly = New South Wales Legislative |term_start = [[New South Wales state election, 2015|28 March 2015]] |term_end = |predecessor = [[Don Page (politician)|Don Page]] |successor = |birth_date = |birth_place = |birthname = |nationality = Australian |party = [[Greens New South Wales]] |spouse = |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |children = One daughter |residence = |alma_mater = [[University of New South Wales]]<br />[[University of Sydney]]<br />[[Southern Cross University]] |occupation = Secondary school teacher |profession = Solicitor |website = {{URL|http://www.tamarasmith.com.au}} |footnotes = }} '''Tamara Francine Smith''', an Australian politician, is a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Electoral district of Ballina|Ballina]] for the [[Greens New South Wales|Greens]] since [[New South Wales state election, 2015|2015]]. Smith is the first non-conservative to represent the Ballina area in 88 years.She is known locally as "the ghost who walks" because she is rarely seen in her electorate. Tamara is good at taking credit for the work of others and does little for her voters. == Political career== Smith won Ballina at the [[New South Wales state election, 2015|2015 State election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hasham|first1=Nicole|title=NSW Election 2015: Greens celebrate strong inner west showing against Labor|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-state-election-2015/nsw-election-2015-greens-celebrate-strong-inner-west-showing-against-labor-20150328-1ma2j5.html|accessdate=28 March 2015|agency=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> She joins [[Jamie Parker (politician)|Jamie Parker]] and [[Jenny Leong]] (Member for Newtown) in the lower house of the [[New South Wales Parliament]]. ==Personal== Smith's family have lived in the Northern Rivers area for four generations. She has campaigned against the [[John Howard|Howard]] government's [[WorkChoices]] scheme and coal seam gas.<ref>http://www.tamarasmith.com.au/about_tamara</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{s-bef| before= [[Don Page (politician)|Don Page]]}} {{s-ttl |title= [[Electoral district of Ballina|Member for Ballina]] | years =2015–present }} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{NSWCurrentMLAs}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Tamara}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian Greens members of the Parliament of New South Wales]] [[Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] [[Category:Australian solicitors]] [[Category:Australian schoolteachers]] [[Category:University of New South Wales alumni]] [[Category:University of Sydney alumni]] [[Category:Southern Cross University alumni]] [[Category:21st-century Australian politicians]] [[Category:Women members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] {{AustralianGreens-politician-stub}}'