Angela Humphries

Angela "Ange" Humphries is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Councillor on Parramatta City Council representing North Rocks Ward since the 2021 NSW Local Government Elections.[1][2]

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Angela Humphries
City of Parramatta Councillor for North Rocks Ward
Assumed office
22 December 2021
Preceded byPaul Han
Personal details
Political partyLabor
ChildrenSydney McCartney
ResidenceNorth Rocks

Early life

Before entering politics Humphries spent over 20 years in media, marketing, crisis management and public relations, and was a Guest Lecturer at Western Sydney University.[2]

In 2016, Humphries was the subject of a Sydney Morning Herald article when she travelled to the United States for the US Presidential Election to serve on the Clinton Campaign's Voter Protection Team in Tampa Florida.[3]

She also served on the board of Blacktown Workers Club, including serving the period from 2017 to 2023 as Club Director.[4]

Political career

On election night, Humphries was the first candidate to be declared election from the ward on the first count,[5] with 1.19 quotas,[6] the second highest Labor result in the history of the ward. Her election coincided with the first time Labor won an effective majority on the council since 2008.[7] It was also the first time Parramatta Council would be made up of a female majority, including in Humphries own ward of North Rocks where all three Councillors are women.[8]

She serves on the:

Humphries was one of nine Councillors to vote against compelling then-Lord Mayor Donna Davis to resign her mayorship in light of her election to the NSW Legislative Assembly.[9]

When Davis resigned as Lord Mayor, Humphries was one of the seven Councillors to vote for Sameer Pandey to succeed her in an Extraordinary Council Meeting.[10]

In July 2023, Clr. Humphries rose to national prominence when she spearheaded the creation of baby haven boxes within Parramatta Council, a first time proposal in Australia.[11] The proposal followed the surrender of a baby in a backyard in neighbouring Blacktown in April that year.[12]

References
  1. "Lord Mayor and Councillors". City of Parramatta.
  2. "Councillor Ange Humphries | City of Parramatta". www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  3. Price, Jenna (2016-10-24). "Going 15,000km for Hillary – and to stop Trump". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  4. "Personal Profiles of the Candidates for the 2023 Triennial Election of the Board of Directors of the Blacktown Workers Club Ltd" (PDF). Workers Lifestyle Group.
  5. "City of Parramatta North Rocks Ward - Candidates in Sequence of Election". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  6. "City of Parramatta North Rocks Ward - First Preference Group and Candidate Votes by Aggregated Vote Type". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  7. Gorrey, Megan (2022-01-11). "Labor takes the reins at Parramatta Council after Liberals' retreat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  8. Vella, Joanne. "Parramatta Council elections: News and voting results". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. Vella, Joanne. "Donna Davis wins support to continue Parramatta Lord Mayor". The Daily Telegraph.
  10. Vella, Joanne. "Labor's Sameer Pandey elected Parramatta Lord Mayor". The Daily Telegraph.
  11. Vella, Joanne. "Parramatta Council to explore rolling out safe haven baby boxes for vulnerable parents". The Daily Telegraph.
  12. Busby, Ellie (14 July 2023). ""We could save lives": Council set to install Safe Haven baby boxes". Parra News.
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