Allison Maree Ritchie (born 28 July 1974) is an Australian politician who currently serves as Deputy Mayor of City of Clarence. From 2001 to 2009, she was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the electorate of Pembroke.[1]
Ritchie grew up on Hobart's Eastern Shore and attended Mornington Primary School, Clarence High School, Rosny College and the University of Tasmania. Coming form a family with strong political connections (an aunt, Carol Brown, is a federal senator and a great uncle was a state president of the ALP) Ritchie joined the Labor Party at age 14.
Political careeredit
On 5 May 2001, Ritchie was elected to the Legislative Council.
On 24 November 2001, Ritchie became the first MP to marry for the first time while in office with her marriage to husband, David Cowle. She also became the first woman to give birth while a member of the Legislative Council with the birth of her son in December 2002.
In June 2009 Ritchie attracted controversy over the employment of family members in her office. A review by the Auditor-General found that no formal rules had been broken but that "the recommendation of her mother’s appointment, in the knowledge of a flawed assessment process, was not in accordance with the principles of openness and objectivity outlined in the Code of Conduct."[2]
Ritchie stepped down as Minister due to ill health (understood to be the diagnosis of an auto immune disease) on 24 November 2008 and resigned from Parliament entirely on 20 June 2009.[1][3]
In January 2013, having resigned from the ALP in 2011, Ritchie announced her intention to contest once again the upper house seat of Pembroke as an independent at the election held on Saturday 4 May—the seat was retained by the Liberal candidate and incumbent councillor Vanessa Goodwin.[4]
allison, ritchie, allison, maree, ritchie, born, july, 1974, australian, politician, currently, serves, deputy, mayor, city, clarence, from, 2001, 2009, member, tasmanian, legislative, council, representing, electorate, pembroke, deputy, mayor, clarenceincumbe. Allison Maree Ritchie born 28 July 1974 is an Australian politician who currently serves as Deputy Mayor of City of Clarence From 2001 to 2009 she was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the electorate of Pembroke 1 Allison RitchieDeputy Mayor of ClarenceIncumbentAssumed office 1 November 2022Preceded byHeather ChongCouncillor of the City of ClarenceIncumbentAssumed office 1 November 2022Leader of the Tasmanian National PartyIn office 27 November 2013 26 November 2014Succeeded bySteve MartinMember of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for PembrokeIn office 5 May 2001 20 June 2009Preceded byCathy EdwardsSucceeded byVanessa GoodwinPersonal detailsBorn28 July 1974Hobart Tasmania AustraliaPolitical partyLabor since 1988 or 1989 RelationsCarol Brown aunt Early life editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ritchie grew up on Hobart s Eastern Shore and attended Mornington Primary School Clarence High School Rosny College and the University of Tasmania Coming form a family with strong political connections an aunt Carol Brown is a federal senator and a great uncle was a state president of the ALP Ritchie joined the Labor Party at age 14 Political career editOn 5 May 2001 Ritchie was elected to the Legislative Council On 24 November 2001 Ritchie became the first MP to marry for the first time while in office with her marriage to husband David Cowle She also became the first woman to give birth while a member of the Legislative Council with the birth of her son in December 2002 In June 2009 Ritchie attracted controversy over the employment of family members in her office A review by the Auditor General found that no formal rules had been broken but that the recommendation of her mother s appointment in the knowledge of a flawed assessment process was not in accordance with the principles of openness and objectivity outlined in the Code of Conduct 2 Ritchie stepped down as Minister due to ill health understood to be the diagnosis of an auto immune disease on 24 November 2008 and resigned from Parliament entirely on 20 June 2009 1 3 In January 2013 having resigned from the ALP in 2011 Ritchie announced her intention to contest once again the upper house seat of Pembroke as an independent at the election held on Saturday 4 May the seat was retained by the Liberal candidate and incumbent councillor Vanessa Goodwin 4 At the 2022 Tasmanian local elections Ritchie was elected Deputy Mayor of Clarence City Council References edit a b Ritchie Allison Maree Members of the Parliament of Tasmania Retrieved 24 July 2022 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 17 March 2012 Retrieved 4 December 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Minister resigns from Cabinet ABC News 24 November 2008 The Mercury Saturday 19 January 2013 page 5 Tasmanian Legislative CouncilPreceded byCathy Edwards Member for Pembroke2001 2009 Succeeded byVanessa Goodwin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Allison Ritchie amp oldid 1210504780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
