Carina Garland
Carina Garland is an Australian politician. She has served as a Labor MP for Chisholm since the 2022 Australian federal election.
Carina Garland | |
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_%E2%80%94_May_2022.jpg.webp) Garland at a 2022 election forum | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Chisholm | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gladys Liu |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
Early life and education
Garland was raised in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, and currently lives in Clayton.[1][2] Garland has an English literature honours degree from Monash University and a PhD in gender and cultural studies from the University of Sydney.[3][4]
Political career
Before her election to the Australian House of Representatives, Garland served as the assistant secretary for the Victorian Trades Hall Council, as well as a parliamentary staffer.[3][5][6] Garland was preselected to stand in Chisholm for Labor at the 2022 federal election in July 2021, and won the seat with an 8.1-point swing in her direction, defeating Liberal incumbent Gladys Liu.[3][5] In the Labor caucus, Garland is a member of the Labor Left faction.[7]
References
- Pappas, Penni (23 February 2022). "Garland's Greek mission to take the Melbourne seat of Chisolm from the Liberals". Neos Kosmos. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
Growing up in the south-east and now living in Clayton...
- Kolovos, Benita (14 May 2022). "Ultra-marginal Chisholm hopes for a milder ride, but scrabble for votes still intense". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
The daughter of a doctor and a nurse, Carland (sic) grew up in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne and studied at Monash University.
- Tillett, Andrew (29 July 2021). "Labor picks senior union official for key marginal seat". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Baxendale, Rachel (19 May 2022). "Chisholm: Feminist text has ALP in Wonderland". The Australian. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
...she had recently completed an English Literature honours degree at Monash University and was about to commence a PhD at the University of Sydney.
- "Labor takes prized Liberal seats of Chisholm, Higgins. Here are the Victorian seats to watch this 2022 federal election". ABC News. 21 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- Garland, Carina (6 March 2021). "The Sexual Abuse Scandal Rocking Australia's Parliament Is the Tip of the Iceberg". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
I worked as a federal parliamentary staffer (not for the Coalition) both in government and in opposition.
- "The power behind the PM – who are Labor's powerbrokers in government?". The Age. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
