Courtney Houssos
Courtney Houssos is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since the 2015 state election.[1]
Courtney Houssos MLC | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 28 March 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Courtney Roche Forster, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | George Houssos |
| Children | One daughter |
| Education | Forster High School |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
Houssos was born Courtney Roche in Forster, New South Wales. She was educated at Forster High School. She later studied for a Bachelor of Arts in international relations at the University of New South Wales, where she met her future husband, George Houssos. At university, she entered student politics as a member of the student representative council protesting against university fee reform, and continued in politics as the first female Labor Party organiser for country New South Wales.[2][3]
In 2014, the New South Wales Labor Party removed Amanda Fazio from the party's upper house ticket at the 2015 state election, and Houssos was preselected to replace her.[4] She was elected as the youngest Labor member of the Legislative Council.[2]
References
- "The Hon. Courtney Houssos, MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "Maiden speech reflects on growing up in Forster". Great Lakes Advocate. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- Courtney Houssos (12 May 2015). "Inaugural speech" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). NSW: Legislative Council. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "Dumped Amanda Fazio lashes Sussex Street for 'appalling behaviour'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.