Mary Jo Fisher

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Mary Jo Fisher is a South Australian Liberal politician who was chosen on June 6, 2007 to fill a vacancy in the Australian Senate left by the resignation of the Hon. Amanda Vanstone. ^[1]

This preselection was subject of an internal appeal by fellow candidate Maria Kourtesis. ^[2]

On 5 June 2007 the appeals tribunal set up by the SA Liberal Party dismissed Mrs Kourtesis appeal in a 4-1 vote. A joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia officially nominated her on 6 June 2007.^[3] Senator Fisher was sworn in as a South Australian Senator on 12 June.

Maria Kourtesis remained in the un-winnable position of fourth on the SA Liberal Party Senate ticket for the 2007 election.

Senator Fisher worked as a barrister and specialist in industrial relations before the start of her political career. She subsequently served as a senior adviser to the then Industrial Relations Minister, Peter Reith. At the time of her selection, Fisher was General Manager of Business Services for Business SA. ^[4]

She is a member of the Senate's Employment, Workplace Relations and Education committee, and its Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts committee.^[5]

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