After more than a year out of politics, O'Byrne ran as a Labor candidate in the 2006 state election and was easily elected for the state seat of Bass, which covers the same territory as the federal seat. She topped the poll in the five-member electorate, receiving 23.3% of first preferences, helping ensure that Bass was the only seat to record a swing to Labor.
Prior to the 2010 election, O'Byrne was Minister for Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts, Minister for Tourism and Minister for Sport and Recreation in the Bartlett government.[3]
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^. Lara Giddings: Premier of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
^"Ms Michelle O'Byrne MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
michelle, byrne, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reli. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Michelle O Byrne news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Michelle Anne O Byrne born 6 March 1968 is Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party She was elected in the 2006 state election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the division of Bass Prior to her election to state parliament she was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004 representing the Division of Bass Until the defeat of the Labor government in the 2014 state election she served in the Tasmanian cabinet as Minister for Health Children and Sport amp Recreation She served in cabinet with her brother David O Byrne one of a very few pairs of siblings to have served in cabinet together anywhere in the world 1 The HonourableMichelle O ByrneMPMember of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for BassIncumbentAssumed office 18 March 2006Member of the Australian Parliament for BassIn office 3 October 1998 9 October 2004Preceded byWarwick SmithSucceeded byMichael FergusonPersonal detailsBorn 1968 03 06 6 March 1968 age 55 Launceston TasmaniaNationalityAustralianPolitical partyLaborSpousePriam ArumugamRelationsDavid O Byrne brother Alma materUniversity of TasmaniaOccupationTrade unionist political adviserO Byrne was born in Launceston Tasmania a grand niece of a former Labor senator and President of the Senate Justin O Byrne She graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies She was an organiser for the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union and electorate officer to Senator Kerry O Brien before entering politics She won the federal seat of Bass in 1998 and again in 2001 but was defeated by her Liberal opponent Michael Ferguson in the 2004 election 2 Many put this down to concern about loss of forestry jobs under Labor s environment policy which had the potential to adversely affect O Byrne s electorate After more than a year out of politics O Byrne ran as a Labor candidate in the 2006 state election and was easily elected for the state seat of Bass which covers the same territory as the federal seat She topped the poll in the five member electorate receiving 23 3 of first preferences helping ensure that Bass was the only seat to record a swing to Labor Prior to the 2010 election O Byrne was Minister for Environment Parks Heritage and the Arts Minister for Tourism and Minister for Sport and Recreation in the Bartlett government 3 References edit Michelle O Byrne Lara Giddings Premier of Tasmania Archived from the original on 25 March 2012 Retrieved 23 March 2012 Ms Michelle O Byrne MP Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia Retrieved 1 August 2022 OByrne Michelle Members of the Parliament of Tasmania Retrieved 24 July 2022 Parliament of AustraliaPreceded byWarwick Smith Member for Bass1998 2004 Succeeded byMichael Ferguson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michelle O 27Byrne amp oldid 1101637666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
