Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Roxon, Nicola
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationLabor  
<-  2005-01-01  
 
NameNicola Roxon
Address204 Nicholson Street
Footscray, Victoria 3011, Australia
EmailNicola.Roxon.MP@aph.gov.au
Website [Link]
Born April 01, 1967 (57 years)
ContributorUser 215
Last ModifedKarma Policeman
Dec 20, 2007 05:56pm
Tags
InfoParliamentary Service
Shadow Minister for Children and Youth from 25.11.01 to 02.07.03.
Current positions: Shadow Attorney-General from 08.12.03; and Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women from 18.02.03.

Elected to the House of Representatives for Gellibrand, Victoria, 1998 and 2001.

Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Resources from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01;

Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01.

Joint Select: Republic Referendum from 9.6.99 to 9.8.99.

Parliamentary Party Positions
Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 22.11.01. Shadow Minister for Child Care, Family Support and Youth from 25.11.01. Shadow Minister for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs from 18.02.03 to 02.07.03. Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration from 02.07.03 to 08.12.03.

Current position: Shadow Attorney-General from 08.12.03; and Assisting the Leader on the Status of Women from 18.02.03.

Party Positions
FEA Delegate, ALP State Conference (Vic).

Member, Public Office Selection Committee.

Personal
Born 1.4.1967, Sydney, NSW.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BA, LLB (Hons) (Melb).

Judge's Associate, the Hon. Justice Mary Gaudron, High Court of Australia 1992-94.

Union organiser, National Union of Workers 1994-96.

Industrial lawyer: Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn and Co 1996-98.

Publications
Potential and Reality: Women Workers and the Structural Efficiency Principle, Melbourne, Centre for Industrial Relations and Labour Studies, University of Melbourne, 1991.

Electorate
Description: Inner metropolitan.

Location: Western Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Albion, Altona North, Ardeer, Braybrook, Brooklyn, Footscray, Footscray West, Maidstone, Maribyrnong, Newport, Spotswood, Sunshine, Tottenham, Yarraville and Williamstown.

Area: 75 sq km (approx.).

Electors enrolled: 86 062 (at 10.11.01).

Industries: Food processing, petrochemical and carbon products, tyre factories, marine engineering facilities, power station, railway workshops, paper recycling , ropeworks, tertiary education and retail industries.

State electorates: Gellibrand includes the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Footscray and Williamstown, and parts of Altona and Sunshine.



JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.00000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  12/14/2011 AUS Attorney-General Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/21/2010 Vic MP - Gellibrand Won 73.90% (+47.80%)
  12/03/2007 AUS Minister for Health & Ageing Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/24/2007 Vic MP - Gellibrand Won 71.46% (+42.91%)
  10/08/2004 Vic MP - Gellibrand Won 64.95% (+29.91%)
  11/10/2001 Vic MP - Gellibrand Won 71.78% (+43.56%)
  10/03/1998 Vic MP - Gellibrand Won 75.91% (+51.82%)
ENDORSEMENTS
ALP Parliamentary Leader - Feb 26, 2012 ALP Julia Gillard