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Preceded by
  
Occupation
  
Teacher; Politician

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Sharon Grierson

Nationality
  
Australian


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Born
  
4 May 1951 (age 73) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (
1951-05-04
)

Residence
  
Newcastle, New South Wales

Office
  
Member of the Australian Parliament since 2001

Political party
  

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Sharon Joy Grierson (born 4 May 1951 in Newcastle, New South Wales) was educated at Newcastle Teachers College, and worked as a teacher and school principal before entering politics.

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Grierson became a member of the Australian Labor Party, and was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in November 2001, representing the Division of Newcastle. She was re-elected in 2004, 2007 and 2010.

However, in July 2012, Grierson announced she would not seek re-election in 2013, citing the need to attend to family and personal health problems.

She has been the only Labor MP to sign the Australian Marriage Equality Charter, and voted in favour of legislation to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia when it was presented in parliament. She also chaired the Public Accounts and Audit Committee.

She was co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Dementia, a parliamentary friendship group that advocates for Australians living with dementia, their families and carers.

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References

Sharon Grierson Wikipedia


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