

Member for Mayo (SA)
Centre Alliance
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia, 2016. Resigned 11.5.2018. Elected to the House of Representatives for Mayo, South Australia at by-election 2018, vice R Sharkie (resigned). Re-elected 2019 and 2022.
Committee Service
Joint Select: Government Procurement from 16.2.2017 to 29.6.2017.
House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training from 15.9.2016 to 10.5.2018; Employment, Education and Training from 14.8.2018; Health, Aged Care and Sport from 20.9.2018 to 11.4.2019 (Supplementary member from 20.9.2018 to 11.4.2019); Economics from 2.4.2019 to 11.4.2019 (Supplementary member from 2.4.2019 to 11.4.2019); Infrastructure, Transport and Cities from 22.7.2019 to 23.3.2020; Selection from 22.7.2019.
House of Representatives Select: Intergenerational Welfare Dependence from 16.8.2018 to 2.4.2019.
Party Positions
Spokesperson for the Nick Xenophon Team on employment, agriculture and youth affairs, education, family and community services and housing.
Personal
Born 1972, Devon, England
Married
Qualifications and Occupations before entering Federal Parliament
BA (Flinders University).
Paralegal in Adelaide, Queensland and Darwin.
Legal Researcher for the Shadow Attorney-General and Leader of the Opposition, I Redmond (SA).
Part-time Adviser to State and Federal Members of Parliament.
National Executive Officer of Youth Connections.
Senior Manager of the Helping Young People Achieve division, SYC Ltd.
Principal Policy Adviser at the Department of Social Inclusion (SA) from 2015 to 2016.
Electorate
Name: Mayo
Location: The Division of Mayo consists of: Alexandrina Council, City of Victor Harbor, District Council of Yankalilla, Kangaroo Island Council, Mount Barker District Council, part of the Adelaide Hills Council, part of the City of Mitcham, and part of the City of Onkaparinga.
Area: 9,135 Sq km
Electors enrolled: 122,377 (at 14.6.2019)
Industries: Apples, Army barracks at Woodside, beef, breweries, cereals, cherries, copper mines, dairying, forestry, natural spring water, pears, sheep, smallgoods, tourism and wine.