Judy Hannan Explained

Judy Hannan
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Am:Wollondilly
Assembly:New South Wales Legislative
Term Start:25 March 2023
Predecessor:Nathaniel Smith
Office1:Mayor of Wollondilly Shire
Term Start1:26 September 2016
Term End1:17 December 2018
Predecessor1:Simon Landow
Successor1:Matthew Deeth
Term Start2:16 April 2007
Term End2:13 September 2008
Predecessor2:Phil Costa
Successor2:Michael Banasik
Office3:Councillor of Wollondilly Shire
for North Ward
Term Start3:2004
Birthname:Judy Irvine
Party:Independent
Residence:Theresa Park[1]
Occupation:Optometrist[2]
Otherparty:Liberal (2000s)
Signature:Judy Hannan signature.svg

Judith Anne Hannan (née Irvine) is an Australian politician. She was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Wollondilly as an Independent in 2023.[3]

Political career

She was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 2001 Auburn state by-election. She then unsuccessfully contested Granville at the 2003 New South Wales state election.

In 2004, she ran for Wollondilly Shire in North Ward.[4]

In the 2011 New South Wales state election, Hannan contested Wollondilly for the Hatton's Independent Team but came in third place.[5]

Prior to the 2019 New South Wales state election, she had been courted as a possible Liberal candidate by then-Premier Gladys Berejiklian.[6] Nathaniel Smith was selected as the Liberal candidate for Wollondilly instead. Hannan ran as an independent against Smith, achieving 44.5% of the two-party preferred vote.[7] In the 2023 election, she ran again as an independent and was supported by the teal-aligned Climate 200.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Wollondilly . Elections NSW . . 3 April 2023.
  2. Mrs (Judy) Judith Anne HANNAN, MP . 2279 . 10 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Wollondilly – NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results . 28 March 2023. abc.net.au . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Inaugural Speech - Learning through community and equality . Judy Hannan MP . 10 March 2024 . en.
  5. Web site: NSW State Election 2011: Wollondilly . 2023-05-17 . pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au.
  6. Web site: Cormack . Lucy . 28 March 2023. Liberals blindsided in Sydney's south-west by independent . 28 March 2023. The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  7. Web site: Wollondilly: Distribution of Preferences. 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission . 3 April 2023.
  8. News: Independent Judy Hannan expected to win seat of Wollondilly in NSW election. The Guardian.