Julia Finn
MP
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Granville
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byTony Issa
Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and for the Arts
Assumed office
26 April 2023
MinisterChris Minns (Premier)
John Graham (Arts)
Preceded byGabrielle Upton (as Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier)
Lord Mayor of Parramatta
In office
September 2004 – September 2005
Preceded byPaul Garrard
Succeeded byDavid Borger
Councillor of the City of Parramatta
for Arthur Phillip Ward
In office
1999–2012
Personal details
Bornc.1973
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor Party
ResidenceRosehill[1]
Alma materUniversity of Sydney, Macquarie University, RMIT

Julia Dorothy Finn is an Australian politician who is the member for Granville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Finn is a member of the Labor's NSW Left faction.[2]

Career

Finn holds a master's degree in environmental science and worked previously for the government of New South Wales Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability.[3]

Finn served on Parramatta City Council from 1999 to 2012. She became lord mayor in 2004[4] at the age of thirty-one. In this role, she committed the council to water conservation measures during the millennium drought and expanded the Sydney Festival program at Parramatta, with the council becoming a sponsor.[3]

She was elected as the member for Granville for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.[5] Finn voted no to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019.[6]

Finn was appointed Shadow Minister for Consumer Protection and Shadow Minister for Carers in the McKay shadow cabinet in July 2019. In June 2020, Finn temporarily stepped down from her portfolios after she was named in an internal party investigation into branch stacking issues. McKay did not sack Finn and the latter officially remained a shadow minister.[5][7] In 2021, she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns. She was not appointed to the Minns ministry but was appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary in 2023.[5]

On 19 October 2023, Finn signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Granville". elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ "State MPs". NSW Left. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Julia Finn 2004–2005 – Parramatta History and Heritage". historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au. City of Parramatta. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ "NSW Election 2015 – Granville". ABC News. March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Ms Julia Dorothy Finn MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ "MPs Who Voted Against NSW Abortion Decriminalisation Bill". 10daily.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. ^ "NSW Labor MP Julia Finn steps down amid branch stacking claims". ABC News. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ "'Catastrophic crisis': NSW politicians release open letter supporting Palestinian communities". ABC News. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly Preceded byTony Issa Member for Granville 2015–present Incumbent
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