Caroline Le Couteur
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Caroline Le Couteur MLA |
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| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee |
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Assumed office 15 October 2016 |
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| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Molonglo |
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In office October 2008 – October 2012 |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | ACT Greens |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Kenneth Le Couteur |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Website | www |
Caroline Le Couteur (born 1952) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens at the 2008 election and defeated at the 2012 election In October 2016, she was re-elected to the assembly representing the new electorate of Murrumbidgee.
Le Couteur grew up in the Canberra suburb of Yarralumla. Her father was the British physicist Kenneth Le Couteur. She was educated at Telopea Park High School and the Australian National University where she studied economics. She moved to Nimbin after the holding of the Aquarius Festival there in 1973 and stayed there for 11 years. While in Nimbin she was instrumental in forming a pre-school and primary school and became a solar (photovoltaic) panel retailer and installer. She subsequently moved back to Canberra and worked for the federal and territorial governments firstly in information technology and later in renewable energy policy. She later became an Executive Director of locally based, now ASX listed, company Australian Ethical Investment as well as their information technology manager.
Le Couteur was active in the local environment community. She was at the time of her election one of the two national councillors of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and had previously been on the ACF's board. She was a keen supporter of groups such as the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society, Pedal Power, Oxfam, Anglicare and the Conservation Council.
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