Preceded by Phil Barresi Occupation Electrician Spouse Liz Shanahan | Nationality Australian Role Chef Succeeded by Michael Sukkar Name Mike Symon | |
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Born 21 February 1965 (age 59)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia ( 1965-02-21 ) Books The Chew: What's for Dinner?, Michael Symon's 5 in 5 TV shows The Chew, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, Food Feuds, Dinner: Impossible Similar People Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, Bobby Flay Profiles | ||
Restaurants Lola, The B Spot, Lolita Political party Australian Labor Party Parents Dennis Symon, Angel Symon | ||
Michael Stuart Symon (born 21 February 1965), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2007 federal election as the Australian Labor Party member for the federal seat of Deakin. He had previously been an electrician and was Occupational Health and Safety Officer of the Electrical Trades Union.
He defeated the sitting Liberal member, Phil Barresi, who had held the seat since 1996. The seat had been one of the most marginal Liberal seats in the country for almost three decades. Barresi led for most of the night, but on the fifth count a large flow of Green preferences allowed Symon to become only the second Labor MP in the seat's 70-year history. At the 2010 election, Symon faced Barresi again, and was reelected with a slight swing in his favour—again due to Green preferences.
At the 2013 federal election, Symon suffered a swing of 3.8% against him and was defeated by Liberal candidate Michael Sukkar.
