Matthew Swinbourn Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Western Australia Inaugural Speech . Parliament of Western Australia . 4 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Premier announces re-elected Labor Government Ministry portfolios . 24 May 2021 . 19 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220619070155/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/03/Premier-announces-re-elected-Labor-Government-Ministry-portfolios.aspx . dead .
  3. https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/B89DB0E5BC2F38E9482580F3001FF6ED/$file/MatthewSwinbournInaug2017V2.pdf Inaugural Speech | Hon Matthew Swinbourn MLC
  4. Web site: Matthew Swinbourn.