Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Matthew Swinbourn | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General; Minister for Electoral Affairs |
Minister: | John Quigley |
Term Start: | 19 March 2021 |
Office1: | Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan Region |
Term Start1: | 22 May 2017 |
Birth Date: | 1975 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Middle Swan, Western Australia |
Party: | Labor |
Alma Mater: | University of Western Australia |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Matthew Dean Swinbourn (born 3 April 1975) is an Australian politician. He was educated at Kent Street Senior High School.[1]
He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a Labor member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term began on 22 May 2017.
Following the 2021 Western Australian state election, Swinbourn was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs, John Quigley.[2]
Before entering politics, Swinbourn worked at several trade unions.[3] In 2002, he was employed by the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union as a workers' compensation officer. He took a position at the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union as an industrial officer in 2007 for three years,[4] before taking a position at the Health Services Union. Swinbourn returned to the CFMEU in 2012, where he worked as a lawyer until his election.