Natasha Griggs
| Natasha Griggs | |
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Griggs in 2014
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Solomon |
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In office 21 August 2010 – 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Damian Hale |
| Succeeded by | Luke Gosling |
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Natasha Louise Griggs 24 January 1969 Adelaide, South Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party |
Country Liberal (territory) Liberal Party of Australia (federal) |
| Spouse(s) | Paul Griggs |
| Children | Aaron |
| Residence | Palmerston, Northern Territory |
| Alma mater | Northern Territory University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Natasha Louise Griggs (born 24 January 1969) is a former Australian politician first elected at the 2010 federal election as a Member of the Australian House of Representatives to the division of Solomon, Northern Territory, representing the Country Liberal Party. She sat with the Liberals. She was re-elected at the 2013 federal election, but lost her seat to Labor candidate Luke Gosling at the 2016 federal election.
Griggs was born in Adelaide, moved to the Territory when she was four weeks old and attended primary and secondary schools in Alice Springs before moving to Darwin in 1987 to complete a Bachelor of Business at the Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University).
She started her working life in the Northern Territory government in the IT sector. Before her election to public office she had a career in both the Government and private sectors, holding both senior project and business manager positions. In 2002 Griggs was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, undergoing six months of intensive treatment. She beat the illness and returned to work. She remains an advocate for charities and NGO's focused around cancer prevention, research and treatment. Beyond this, Griggs has long been a prominent advocate for community and non-profit organisations, raising $30,000 and being named the Territory's leading fundraiser in 1992.
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