Alison Megarrity | |
Office: | 1st Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 8 May 2007 |
Term End: | 4 March 2011 |
Alongside: | Grant McBride |
1Blankname: | Speaker |
1Namedata: | Richard Torbay |
Predecessor: | New title |
Successor: | Andrew Fraser |
Constituency Mp4: | Menai |
Parliament4: | New South Wales |
Term Start4: | 27 March 1999 |
Term End4: | 26 March 2011 |
Predecessor4: | New district |
Successor4: | Melanie Gibbons |
Birth Date: | 1961 2, df=yes |
Party: | Labor Party |
Spouse: | Robert Megarrity |
Children: | 2 sons |
Alma Mater: | Macquarie University |
Alison Patricia Megarrity (9 February 1961 – 15 November 2022) was an Australian politician, who served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Menai for the Labor Party between 1999 and 2011.[1]
Megarrity's father was a railwayman and she grew up in central western New South Wales. She was educated at Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts by Macquarie University. She married Robert Megarrity in 1982 and they have two sons. She was a councillor of the City of Liverpool Council between 1994 and 1999.[2]
On 24 September 2010, Megarrity announced her decision to not seek re-election at the 2011 State election, citing personal reasons.[3] [4] [5] In 2013, Megarrity won Labor pre-selection in the Division of Hughes for the 2013 federal election,[6] [7] but was defeated by the sitting member Craig Kelly.
Megarrity died on 15 November 2022, at the age of 61.[8]