Born 27.10.1968, Melbourne, Vic.
Parliamentary Service
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Elected to the House of Representatives for Indi, Victoria, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Committee Service
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House of Representatives Standing: Employment and Workplace Relations from 20.3.02 to 31.8.04; Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 20.3.02 to 3.2.10; Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 14.2.07 to 17.10.07; Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government from 11.3.08 to 10.11.08; Family, Community, Housing and Youth from 10.11.08 to 30.11.09.
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House of Representatives Select: Recent Australian Bushfires from 27.3.03 to 5.11.03.
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Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund from 20.3.02 to 5.12.02.
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Joint Standing: Electoral Matters from 5.12.02 to 17.10.07; National Capital and External Territories from 1.12.04 to 17.10.07; Treaties from 1.12.04 to 14.2.07; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 11.3.08 to 10.3.09 and from 25.10.10; Parliamentary Library from 11.3.08 to 12.5.10.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
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Elected Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention, February 1998.
Parliamentary Party Positions
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Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government from 6.12.07 to 22.9.08.
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Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 22.9.08. Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth from 22.9.08 to 10.11.08; Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare, Status of Women and Youth from 10.11.08 to 8.12.09; Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research from 8.12.09 to 14.9.10; Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science from 14.9.10.
Party Positions
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Member, Liberal Party from 1987.
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President, Melbourne University Liberal Club.
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Vice-President, Australian Liberal Students' Federation.
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Member, various policy assembly committees, Liberal Party State Council (Vic).
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Member, Workplace Relations Task Force.
Other Positions
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Member, Victorian Council, Australians for Constitutional Monarchy from 1993.
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Committee Member, 'No Campaign' for Referendum 1999.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
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BComm, LLB, LLM (Melb).
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Solicitor and articled clerk 1995-97.
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Barrister 1998-2001.
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Sophie Mirabella was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia in 2001 as the Member for Indi. A member of the Liberal party of Australia she was re-elected at the 2004, 2007 and 2010 federal elections. Before her election to Parliament she was a delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention in 1998 and argued strongly against the proposal for Australia to become a republic.
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Australian Women's Register
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