Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

Senator The Honourable
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Senator for New South Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded by John Tierney
Personal details
Born 20 May 1960
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Alma mater Australian National University

Concetta Anna ("Connie") Fierravanti-Wells (born 20 May 1960) is an Australian politician. She is a Senator for the state of New South Wales representing the Liberal Party since May 2005. Fierravanti-Wells is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services since September 2013. She was elected to the Senate at the 2004 federal election.

Background and early career

Fierravanti-Wells was born in Wollongong, New South Wales;[1] and both her parents were Italian immigrants.[2] She was educated at the Australian National University, and was a senior government lawyer and ministerial advisor before entering politics. She was a Policy Advisor to Jim Carlton, then Shadow Minister for Policy Co-ordination and Development, between 1990 and 1993, and Senior Private Secretary to John Fahey, then Premier of New South Wales, from 1993 to 1994.

She was a senior lawyer with the Australian Government Solicitor between 1994 and 2004.

Political career

Fierravanti-Wells has been a member of the Federal Council of the Liberal Party; is an active member of Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy; and is on the committee of a new Liberal Party publication, The Conservative. She opposes same-sex marriage and adoption, claiming in a 2012 interview that many LGBT people do not "even intend on staying in a monogamous relationship".[3]

Normally she would have taken her seat on 1 July 2005, however following the resignation of Senator John Tierney in April (his term was due to expire on 30 June), Fierravanti-Wells was appointed to the resulting vacancy, and took her seat on 5 May.

Prior to the 2013 federal election, she was the Shadow Minister for Mental Health and Ageing; and was appointed to the Abbott Ministry as the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Services from September 2013.

References

  1. ↑ http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=(Id:handbook/allmps/e4t);
  2. ↑ http://www.senatorcfw.com.au/IntheSenate/FirstSpeech.aspx
  3. ↑ McIlwain, Kate (21 September 2012). "Gay couples 'not interested in monogamy'". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

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