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Michael Pettersson is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016, representing the electorate of Yerrabi.
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Biography
Pettersson was raised in Canberra and studied at the Australian National University. He became involved in student politics, serving as the President of ACT Young Labor and ACT Branch President of the National Union of Students. He also served as President of the ANU Sport & Recreation Association in 2015, the first student to do so in 10 years. After graduating, he worked as a trade unionist.
Political career
Pettersson contested the seat of Yerrabi in the 2016 ACT election and received 4,817 primary votes or 0.6 of a quota. He was elected in third position in the five member Yerrabi electorate behind Meegan Fitzharris and Alistair Coe.