Gladys Berejiklian

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The Honourable Gladys Berejiklian MP

Minister for Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2011
Preceded by	John Robertson
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Willoughby
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 March 2003
Preceded by	Peter Collins
Personal details
Born	(1970-09-22) 22 September 1970 Sydney, Australia
Political party	Liberal

Gladys Berejiklian MP (born 22 September 1970), is an Australian politician. Berejiklian is the New South Wales State Government Minister for Transport in the O'Farrell Ministry. Berejiklian is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Willoughby for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003. Berejiklian has been outspoken against the former NSW Labor Government's handling of trains, buses and ferries.^[1]

Early years and background

Berejiklian was born in Sydney and has a Bachelor of Arts (1992), a Graduate Diploma in International Studies (1996) from the University of Sydney and Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (2001).^[2] She served a term on the Armenian National Committee of Australia.^[3]

Berejiklian joined the Liberal Party in 1993 and was President of the New South Wales Young Liberal Party (1997-1998), being the third female President in its history.^[4] She also served as a Delegate to State Council (1996–2003), Urban Representative of the NSW Liberal Party State Executive (1997–2003), Campaign Director for State seat of Willougby (1999) and Chair of Convention Committee (2002). Berejiklian also worked for Peter Collins and Senator Helen Coonan and the Commonwealth Bank as General Manager, Youth Retail Banking and Government & Industry Affairs.^[5]

Parliamentary career

Berejiklian (right) with Andrew Stoner, Victor Dominello and Liberal Leader Barry O'Farrell

Elected as the Member for Willoughby in 2003. She joined the frontbench in 2005 as Shadow Minister for Mental Health and was appointed to the opposition frontbench portfolio of Transport by Peter Debnam in 2006. Following the 2007 State election, Berejiklian was given the shadow portfolio of Citizenship by Opposition Leader O'Farrell.^[6]

Following the election of the O'Farrell government at the 2011 State election, on 3 April 2011 Berejiklian was appointed Transport Minister.^[7]

References

↑ Sydney Morning Herald - Can she fix it?
↑ The Hon. Gladys BEREJIKLIAN, BA, DIntS, MCom MP
↑ Armenian National Committee of Australia Report
↑ "Past Presidents of the Young Liberals". Young Liberal Movement. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
↑ Parliament @ Work Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
↑ ANC Australia Congratulates Berejiklian On Milestone
↑ "New faces in Barry O'Farrell's Cabinet". The Australian (News Limited). AAP. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.

Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by Peter Collins	Member for Willoughby 2003 – present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by John Robertson	Minister for Transport 2011 – present	Incumbent

v t e Current members of the Cabinet of New South Wales

Barry O'Farrell Andrew Stoner John Ajaka Stuart Ayres Mike Baird Gladys Berejiklian Andrew Constance Victor Dominello Mike Gallacher Duncan Gay Pru Goward Brad Hazzard Katrina Hodgkinson Kevin Humphries Don Page Robyn Parker Adrian Piccoli Anthony Roberts Jillian Skinner Greg Smith George Souris

v t e Current Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Liberal (50)	Greg Aplin Stuart Ayres Mike Baird Bart Bassett Craig Baumann Gladys Berejiklian Glenn Brookes Charles Casuscelli Kevin Conolly Andrew Constance Andrew Cornwell Mark Coure Tanya Davies Victor Dominello Bryan Doyle Garry Edwards David Elliott Lee Evans John Flowers Melanie Gibbons Pru Goward Shelley Hancock Chris Hartcher Brad Hazzard Chris Holstein Tony Issa Matt Kean Geoff Lee Daryl Maguire Bruce Notley-Smith Jonathan O'Dea Barry O'Farrell Tim Owen Robyn Parker Chris Patterson Dominic Perrottet Anthony Roberts Andrew Rohan Jai Rowell Roza Sage John Sidoti Jillian Skinner Greg Smith Mark Speakman Chris Spence Rob Stokes Gabrielle Upton Gareth Ward Darren Webber Ray Williams

Nationals (19)	Kevin Anderson John Barilaro Stephen Bromhead Andrew Fraser Andrew Gee Thomas George Troy Grant Chris Gulaptis Katrina Hodgkinson Kevin Humphries Adam Marshall Don Page Adrian Piccoli Geoff Provest George Souris Andrew Stoner Paul Toole John Williams Leslie Williams

Labor (21)	Richard Amery Clayton Barr Linda Burney Cherie Burton Barry Collier Michael Daley Robert Furolo Noreen Hay Ron Hoenig Sonia Hornery Nick Lalich Paul Lynch Tania Mihailuk Andrew McDonald Ryan Park Barbara Perry Nathan Rees John Robertson Carmel Tebbutt Anna Watson Guy Zangari

Independents (2)	Alex Greenwich Greg Piper

Greens (1)	Jamie Parker

Persondata
Name	Berejiklian, Gladys
Alternative names
Short description	Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; Minister for Transport
Date of birth	22 September 1970
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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