Anne Urquhart

Anne Elizabeth Urquhart (née Polden; born 18 October 1957) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since 2011. She was a senior official with the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) prior to entering politics.

Senator

Anne Urquhart
Senator for Tasmania
Assumed office
1 July 2011
Personal details
Born
Anne Elizabeth Polden

(1957-10-18) 18 October 1957
Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Spouse(s)Graham Urquhart
Children2
OccupationUnion official

Early life

Urquhart was born in Latrobe, Tasmania, the second of three children born to Tom and Betty Polden. After starting a family with her husband Graham, in July 1980 she began working as a process worker at the Edgell-Birds Eye factory in Ulverstone, which was later taken over by Simplot Australia.[1]

Urquhart joined the Food Preservers' Union of Australia, initially serving as a delegate and then from August 1990 as a full-time organiser. Her union was later merged into the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU),[1] and she served as state president from 1998 to 2004 and state secretary from 2004 to 2010.[2][3]

Politics

Urquhart served as a vice-president of the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) from 2004 and as a delegate to the ALP National Conference.[2] She was elected to the Senate at the 2010 federal election,[4] and re-elected to a second term in 2016.[2] Her office is located in Devonport.[3]

In 2014 Urquhart was elected state president of the ALP, replacing Rebecca White.[5] She has served on a variety of committees during her time in the Senate. She has been the Labor Party's chief whip in the Senate since 2016, having previously served as a deputy whip from 2013 to 2016.[2]

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References
  1. "Maiden speech". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. "Senator Anne Urquhart". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "Anne Urquhart: Senate Candidate for Tasmania". Australian Labor Party. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  4. "Senate Results – Tasmania – 2010 Federal Election". Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  5. "Anne Urquhart elected as the new Tasmanian Labor President". ABC News. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2020.


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