Lisa Singh
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Senator The Honourable Lisa Singh |
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| Senator for Tasmania | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2011 |
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| Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection of Tasmania |
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In office 26 November 2008 – 13 April 2010 |
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| Premier | David Bartlett |
| Preceded by | David Llewellyn |
| Succeeded by | Nick McKim |
| Minister for Workplace Relations of Tasmania |
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In office 26 November 2008 – 13 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Allison Ritchie |
| Succeeded by | David O'Byrne |
| Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Denison |
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In office 18 March 2006 – 13 April 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
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Lisa Maria Singh 20 February 1972 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Domestic partner | Colin Grubb |
| Relations | Raman Pratap Singh (uncle), Ram Jati Singh (grandfather) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Lisa Maria Singh (born 20 February 1972) is an Australian politician who is a Labor Party member of the Australian Senate for Tasmania. She was previously a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 to 2010. The granddaughter of an Indo-Fijian member of the Parliament of Fiji, Singh is Australia's first federal parliamentarian of Indo-Fijian ancestry.
Singh was born 20 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania to a Fijian-Indian father and an English Australian mother. Her father arrived in Australia as an international student in 1963. Singh attended St Mary's College and Elizabeth College before leaving Tasmania to live and work in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. She later returned to Tasmania to study at the University of Tasmania, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Social Geography, and also holds a Master of International Relations from Macquarie University. Singh became a mother to two sons whilst at university.
Singh is the granddaughter of Ram Jati Singh, who was a member of the Fijian Legislative Council (the precursor to the present day Fijian Parliament) in the 1960s. Her uncle, Raman Pratap Singh, is a Fijian politician who is a past President of the National Federation Party who was a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 1999. He made an unsuccessful attempt to regain his seat in 2014.
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