Sarah Mitchell
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The Honourable Sarah Mitchell MLC |
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| Minister for Early Childhood Education | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Leslie Williams |
| Minister for Aboriginal Affairs | |
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Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Leslie Williams |
| Assistant Minister for Education | |
| Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
| Preceded by | Leslie Williams |
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2011 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sarah Johnston 10 May 1982 Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Spouse(s) | Anthony Mitchell |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Website | The Hon. Sarah Mitchell (née Johnston), MLC |
Sarah Mitchell (née Johnston; born 10 May 1982), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Early Childhood Education, the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the Assistant Minister for Education since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. Mitchell has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.
Mitchell was born in Gunnedah, and moved to Grafton as a child. She moved back to Gunnedah while in high school, graduating from Gunnedah High School in 1999. She moved to Sydney in 2001, and studied politics and international relations at the University of New South Wales. Mitchell later moved back to Gunnedah, where she worked as an electorate officer for former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson. She continued working for Mark Coulton, Anderson's successor as local MP, upon Anderson's 2007 retirement.
She was later elected president of the federal Young Nationals and chairman of the state Young Nationals, positions which she held until her election to parliament. She was preselected for the eleventh position on the Coalition Legislative Council ticket for the 2011 state election in April 2010; while normally unwinnable, the near-record size of the Coalition's victory saw her emerge victorious for the last seat in an extremely close race with far-right independent Pauline Hanson. She married Anthony Mitchell in April 2011, and took her husband's name; she had been elected two weeks before under her maiden name of Johnston.
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