Sally Sitou
Sally Sitou | |
|---|---|
 Sitou in 2023 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Reid | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Fiona Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1982 Canley Vale, New South Wales[1], Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Website | https://sallysitou.com/ |
Sally Sitou (born 24 September 1982) is an Australian politician. She currently serves as a member of parliament for the Australian Labor Party, representing the western Sydney seat of Reid.
She was elected at the 2022 Australian federal election, defeating the incumbent Liberal member, Fiona Martin.[2]
Early years and background
[edit]Sitou was born in Canley Vale, New South Wales, the second child of Chinese Laotian parents who fled Laos after the Vietnam War.[3]
She attended Canley Vale Public School and Sefton High School, completing a bachelor degree in Psychology at Macquarie University in 2005.[4][5] Following this, she worked in international development and international education for more than ten years, including a period of time at the Department of Foreign Affairs.[6] Prior to becoming a politician, she was a doctoral researcher at the University of Sydney.[3]
She is married with one child.[7]
Politics
[edit]Sitou joined the Australian Labor Party in 2006 and worked on the 2007 Bennelong campaign in which Maxine McKew defeated sitting prime minister John Howard.[8] She also worked as an adviser to Jason Clare, member for Blaxland.[6]
In 2021, Sitou was preselected as the Labor candidate for the Division of Reid.[9] She achieved a swing of 8.4 percent to win the seat in the May 2022 federal election.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ms Sally Sitou MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ Pueblos, Monique (22 May 2022). "'A surreal moment': Sally Sitou celebrates diversity in parliament as she claims victory in Reid". SBS News. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Sally Sitou – Labor for Reid". www.alp.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Sitou, Sally. "I am the daughter of migrants". Twitter. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Parliamentary Handbook: SITOU, Sally". Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Labor candidate calls out racist messages telling her not to contest election". SBS News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Meet Sally". sallysitou.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ McKew, Maxine. "Some Labor wins are extra special". Twitter. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ MP, Anthony Albanese. "Labor Announces Candidate for Reid". anthonyalbanese.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Reid (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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[edit]- Living people
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Reid
- Australian people of Chinese descent
- Macquarie University alumni
- Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- 1982 births
- Australian politicians of Asian descent
- Politicians from Sydney
- Australian MPs 2022–2025
- Labor Left politicians