Nicole Cornes

Nicole Joanne Cornes (born 7 January 1970) is a union legal officer, a former newspaper columnist and a former Australian Labor political candidate. She was the unsuccessful 2007 Australian Labor Party candidate for the division of Boothby, a marginal Liberal seat in the south of Adelaide.

Nicole Cornes was born in Adelaide, growing up in the suburb of Marino. She attended St Theresa's Primary School, Brighton, Marymount College, and Sacred Heart College, Somerton Park. She left school at 14 and held various jobs including as a receptionist at Adelaide radio station 5AA. At 19 she met her future husband 22 years her senior Graham Cornes, a radio presenter at 5AA and former notable Australian rules football player. She has completed a law degree at Flinders University, and works as a legal officer for the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association, SA Branch. She is also completing a Master of Law. For several years she was a regular columnist for the Sunday Mail.

Cornes' first political involvement began when she was approached by family friend and State Deputy Premier Kevin Foley to run as the Labor candidate for the South Australian Division of Boothby in the 2007 Federal election, reportedly after her husband declined the nomination. Cornes admitted at a press conference that she had previously voted for the Liberal party, specifically for political opponent Liberal John Howard, and had written about him as a "fine PM" in her newspaper column.

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