Lia Finocchiaro

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Lia Finocchiaro MLA
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Drysdale
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 August 2012
Preceded by	Ross Bohlin
Personal details
Born	Lia Emele Finocchiaro (1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Country Liberal Party
Domestic partner	Sam Burke
Residence	Palmerston, Northern Territory
Alma mater	University of Adelaide
Profession	Lawyer

Lia Emele Finocchiaro (born 20 September 1984) is an Australian politician. She has been a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for the seat of Drysdale since her election in 2012.

Finocchiaro was born in the Northern Territory and grew up in Palmerston. She studied the International Baccalaureate diploma, then graduated with a double degree in law and international studies from the University of Adelaide.^[1] She returned to Darwin in 2008, and was admitted as a legal practitioner in the Northern Territory, commencing work as a graduate clerk at the Clayton Utz law firm. She also received a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from Charles Darwin University.^[2]

In 2012, the Country Liberal Party preselected Finocchiaro for the seat of Drysdale in that year's election, instead of sitting CLP member Ross Bohlin, who unsuccessfully ran against her as a conservative independent.^[3] On 7 March 2013, Finocchiaro was elevated to the Second Mills Ministry, becoming Minister for Sport and Recreation, Racing, Statehood, Young Territorians and Senior Territorians.^[4]^[5] However, she was dropped from the ministry on 14 March after Adam Giles successfully challenged Chief Minister Terry Mills.^[6]

References

↑ NT Young Australian of the Year 2012 - Territory Finalist, Australian of the Year, 2012.
↑ Drysdale (Key Seat), Northern Territory Votes 2012, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 2012.
↑ Crawford, Sarah: New face of Drysdale, NT News, 23 April 2012.
↑ La Canna, Xavier (7 March 2013). "Infighting, insults plague NT government". The Australian. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
↑ "Cabinet Reshuffle". Media release. Terry Mills MLA. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
↑ "Angry Mills says turns his back on Giles cabinet". ABC News. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Ross Bohlin	Member for Drysdale 2012–present	Incumbent

v t e Current Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Country Liberal (16)	Alison Anderson Peter Chandler Matt Conlan John Elferink Lia Finocchiaro Adam Giles Gary Higgins Francis Xavier Kurrupuwu Robyn Lambley Larisa Lee Terry Mills Bess Price Kezia Purick Peter Styles Dave Tollner Willem Westra van Holthe

Labor (8)	Natasha Fyles Michael Gunner Delia Lawrie Nicole Manison Gerry McCarthy Kon Vatskalis Ken Vowles Lynne Walker

Independent (1)	Gerry Wood

Persondata
Name	Finocchiaro, Lia Emele
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	20 September 1984
Place of birth	Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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