Susan Lamb MP |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Longman |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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Preceded by | Wyatt Roy |
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Born |
Mackay, Queensland |
23 March 1972
Citizenship | Australian |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Children | Four |
Occupation | Teacher Aide Union Official |
Susan Lamb (born 23 March 1972) is the Member for the Division of Longman following the 2016 election for the Parliament of Australia on 2 July 2016. She was officially declared as the Federal Member for Longman on 26 July 2016 and sworn in on 30 August 2016.
Born in Mackay, Queensland. Lamb was a teacher aide, then a lead organiser with United Voice from 2012.
Lamb defeated the Liberal National Party of Queensland's former Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy in the Australian federal election, 2016. The LNP had expected to retain the seat located in Brisbane's northern suburbs only to lose by a small margin of 0.79%.