Gabrielle Upton
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The Honourable Gabrielle Upton MP |
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| Minister for the Environment | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Mark Speakman |
| Minister for Local Government | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Paul Toole |
| Minister for Heritage | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Mark Speakman |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Vaucluse |
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Assumed office 26 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Debnam |
| Attorney General of New South Wales | |
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In office 2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Mike Baird |
| Preceded by | Brad Hazzard |
| Succeeded by | Mark Speakman |
| Minister for Sport and Recreation | |
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In office 30 August 2013 – 23 April 2014 |
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| Premier | Barry O'Farrell |
| Preceded by | Brad Hazzard |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Ayres |
| Minister for Family and Community Services | |
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In office 23 April 2014 – 2 April 2015 |
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| Premier | Mike Baird |
| Preceded by | Pru Goward |
| Succeeded by | Brad Hazzard |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 December 1964 Sydney |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Alexander M. Sundich |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of New South Wales Stern School of Business |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | Parliamentary webpage |
Gabrielle Cecelia Upton MP (born 16 December 1964), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Local Government, and the Minister for Heritage since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. Upton is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Vaucluse for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2011.
Upton previously served as the NSW Attorney General between April 2015 and January 2017 in the second Baird government and was the first woman to be appointed as Attorney General. She has also previously served as the New South Wales Minister for Family and Community Services in the first Baird government during 2014 and 2015; and the Minister for Sport and Recreation during 2013 and 2014.
Upton was born and raised in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney where she attended Brigidine College in Randwick and the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. Upton's career began as a banking and finance lawyer with legal firms Freehill, Hollingdale & Page and DLA Phillips Fox, after being admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia in 1988.
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