Chris Steel

Chris Steel
MLA
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
for Murrumbidgee
Assumed office
15 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1986-05-15) 15 May 1986
Newcastle, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Kurt Oborne
Alma mater Australian National University
Occupation Education advocate
Website www.chrissteel.com.au

Chris Steel (born 15 May 1986) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016, representing the electorate of Murrumbidgee. Before his election, Steel was an education advocate working in the early childhood sector.[1]

Biography

Steel was born in Newcastle, New South Wales before his family moved to Canberra in the 1980s. As a child he grew up on the Southside in Torrens attending the local public schools, Torrens Primary, Melrose High School and Narrabundah College.[1] He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the Australian National University (ANU). Prior to his election into the ACT Legislative Assembly, Steel worked as the Policy and Research Manager at peak education advocacy group Early Childhood Australia.[2] He has also worked as a policy adviser for both the Australian Government and Australian Capital Territory Government. Prior to being elected to office, Steel volunteered as a Director on the Board of YMCA Canberra and as an education mentor with Barnardos. Steel currently lives in Kambah with his partner Kurt.[1]

Legislative Assembly

On 16 October 2016 Steel was elected to the Ninth Assembly to represent the new electorate of Murrumbidgee. Steel received the highest number of first preference votes of any Labor candidate in the new seat, 4,574 in total and achieved the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate in his home suburb of Kambah.[3]

Steel currently serves as the Chair of the ACT Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Ageing and Community Services and is also the Australian Labor Party's Caucus Secretary. [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Steel, Chris. "Chris Steel - Candidate for Murrumbidgee". ACT Labor. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Steel, Chris. "The Spoke - Early Childhood Australia's Blog". Early Childhood Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 Murrumbidgee Election Results". Elections ACT. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "ACT Legislative Assembly". ACT Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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