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Maryanne Stuart

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Maryanne Stuart
Member of the New South Wales Assembly
for Heathcote
Assumed office
25 March 2023[1]
Preceded byLee Evans
Personal details
Political partyLabor
SpouseRussell[2]
Children2[2]
ResidenceEngadine[3]
OccupationOrganiser

Maryanne Norma Stuart is an Australian politician. She was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Heathcote for the Labor Party in 2023.[4]

Education

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Stuart was educated at St John Bosco College, Engadine and studied Labor Relations and Human Resource Management at TAFE NSW. She studied Industrial Law at University of Technology Sydney and politics and history at Macquarie University.[5]

Career

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Stuart joined the New South Wales Labor Party in the late 1980s and worked as an electorate officer in the office of Ian McManus, the state member for Heathcote, from 1999. She worked as a Training and Education Officer and Organiser at the Rail Tram and Bus Union from 2010.[5] She resigned from the position in 2015 after she was endorsed as the Labor Party's candidate for the Heathcote at the 2015 state election[6] at which she was defeated by the then-incumbent, Lee Evans.[7]

Stuart subsequently worked as a Campaign Organiser for the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2015 to 2017. In February 2018 she commenced work as a Lead Organiser for the Public Service Association of NSW.[5] She resigned from this position after being endorsed again as the Labor candidate for the Heathcote at the 2019 state election at which she was again defeated by Evans.[8][9]

Following this Stuart commenced work as a lead community organiser for the Australian Conservation Foundation in November 2019.[5] In 2022, she took a leave of absence from this role to seek preselection for a third time as the Labor candidate for Heathcote at the 2023 election. She was endorsed for this position[10] and won the seat.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Maryanne Norma Stuart MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Maryanne Stuart for Heathcote". Maryanne Stuart for Heathcote. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Candidates - The Legislative Assembly District of Heathcote". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Heathcote (*) (Key Seat) – NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "Maryanne Stuart". LinkedIn. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Union education, training officer named as Labor candidate for Heathcote". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Fairfax Media. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "NSW STATE ELECTION RESULTS 2015 Saturday 28 March 2015 State Electoral District of Heathcote". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Heathcote: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Heathcote: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Maryanne Stuart - Candidate for Heathcote". NSW Labor. NSW Labor. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  11. ^ Trembath, Murray (26 March 2023). "'Door will be open, the jug on': Maryanne Stuart on the sort of MP she will be". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Heathcote
2023–present
Incumbent