Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Labor
Member
Australian Labor Party from 1997
President
Belmont branch
WA Labor
Executive member
National Labor Women's Network |
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11 March 2017 |
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Belmont |
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Electorates
- MLA Belmont from 11 March 2017. Elected to the Fortieth Parliament for Belmont on 11 March 2017, in succession to Glenys Jenolan Godfrey (defeated). Re-elected 2021.
- Contested state election for Belmont, 2013
Committees
- Member, Parliamentary Services Committee from 23 May 2017 to 7 December 2020
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Secretary, State Parliamentary Labor Party from 15 March 2017 to 29 April 2021
- Government Whip from 17 March 2021 to present
Historical Notes
- First woman to sit in an Australian parliament with her sister, Samantha Rowe MLC
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Personal Information |
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6 September 1980 |
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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September 2005 |
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Daughter of Barry John Rowe, politician and lecturer, and Helen Wendy Rowe (nee Dennis)
Sister of Samantha Rowe, business development manager and politician |
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Married to Patrick James Gardner
Children: two daughters |
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Strathmore Primary School, Victoria, 1986-1990
Mt Macedon Primary School, Victoria, 1991-1992
Braemar College, Victoria, 1993-1998
Melbourne University, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Kaplan Professional, Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (financial planning) (AdvDip FinServ))
Securities Institute of Australia, Diploma of Financial Services (financial planning) (Dip FinServ)
Film and Television Institute (FTI) WA, Diploma of Screenwriting
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Financial planner |
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Associate financial planner, Bendigo Bank
Financial planner, P&N Bank
Assistant State Secretary, WA Labor
Financial planner, Maritime Super |
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Member, Australian Workers' Union (AWU)
President and founder, Belmont Community Group
Member, Belmont Business Enterprise Centre, from 2012 to present
Former board member, former chair, FTI WA (formerly Film and Television Institute of WA), 2007-2016 |
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Parliament of Western Australia, Current members, 18 July 2019. |
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