Larissa Waters
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Senator Larissa Waters |
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| Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens |
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Assumed office 6 May 2015 Serving with Scott Ludlam |
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| Preceded by | Adam Bandt |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2011 |
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| Born |
8 February 1977 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | Greens |
| Residence | Bardon, Queensland |
| Alma mater | Griffith University |
| Website | Larissa Waters |
Larissa Joy Waters (born 8 February 1977) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since 2011, representing the Australian Greens. She is currently a co-deputy leader of the party, alongside Scott Ludlam. Waters worked as a lawyer before entering politics.
Waters was born in Winnipeg, Canada, grew up in Brisbane and as of 2010 lived in Bardon with her partner and their daughter.
She has a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Laws from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the New South Wales College of Law. From 2000–2001 she was a Legal Researcher at the Queensland Land and Resources Tribunal (predecessor of the Land Court of Queensland), from 2001–2002 a Lawyer at Freehills, and from 2002–2011 was a Lawyer with the Environmental Defenders Office.
At the 2007 federal election, Waters was the lead senate candidate for the Greens in Queensland. The party received 7.3 percent of the statewide vote (an increase of 1.9 points), but this was not enough to secure her election. Waters again stood for office at the 2009 Queensland state election, running for the seat of Mount Coot-tha. The seat was held by the sitting Treasurer of Queensland, Andrew Fraser of the Labor Party. She polled 23.1 percent on first preferences, with Ronan Lee (25.9 percent in Indooroopilly) the only Greens candidate with a higher percentage.
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