Michelle Rowland

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Michelle Rowland MP
Member of the Australian Parliament for Greenway
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2010
Preceded by	Louise Markus
Personal details
Born	(1971-11-16) 16 November 1971 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Residence	Glenwood, Sydney
Alma mater	Sydney Law School
Profession	Lawyer
Website	Labor People: Michelle Rowland,

Michelle Anne Rowland (born 16 November 1971), an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Greenway representing the Australian Labor Party.^[1] At the 2010 Australian federal election, Rowland won the seat for Labor following the 2009 electoral distribution, making Greenway notionally Labor, on a margin of 5.7%.^[2] The seat was previously held by Liberal Louise Markus, who contested the more marginal seat of Macquarie at the 2010 federal election.

Rowland suffered a swing of 4.79% against her, making Greenway a marginal Labor seat on a margin of under 1%.

Early years and background

Born in Blacktown and raised in Seven Hills. She was educated at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta and the University of Sydney. Rowland was a senior lawyer with law firm Gilbert and Tobin in Sydney. She lives in the electorate at Glenwood. Rowland was a Director of the Western Sydney Area Health Service from 2000 to 2004 and is a former local Councillor and Deputy Mayor of Blacktown.^[2]

External links

References

↑ "Greenway and Lindsay still anyone's". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). 2010-08-22. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Green, Antony (2010-08-22). "Australia Votes 2010 - Greenway". ABC Elections (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 2010-08-22.

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Louise Markus	Member for Greenway 2010–present	Incumbent

v t e Current members of the Australian House of Representatives from New South Wales

Labor (17)	Anthony Albanese Sharon Bird Chris Bowen Tony Burke Jason Clare Sharon Claydon Pat Conroy Justine Elliot Laurie Ferguson Joel Fitzgibbon Chris Hayes Ed Husic Stephen Jones Julie Owens Tanya Plibersek Michelle Rowland Matt Thistlethwaite

Liberal (22)	Tony Abbott John Alexander Bob Baldwin Bronwyn Bishop David Coleman Paul Fletcher Alex Hawke Peter Hendy Joe Hockey Craig Kelly Sussan Ley Louise Markus Russell Matheson Karen McNamara Scott Morrison Philip Ruddock Fiona Scott Ann Sudmalis Angus Taylor Malcolm Turnbull Nickolas Varvaris Lucy Wicks

Nationals (7)	John Cobb Mark Coulton David Gillespie Luke Hartsuyker Kevin Hogan Barnaby Joyce Michael McCormack

Persondata
Name	Rowland, Michelle
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	16 November 1971
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales
Date of death
Place of death

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