Sarah Connolly (politician)

Sarah Connolly (born 29 December 1981^{[citation needed ]}) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2018, representing the electorates of Tarneit (2018–2022) and Laverton (2022-present), in Melbourne's outer west.

Connolly grew up in the coastal township of Kingscliff in northern New South Wales.^[2]

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland and Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Queensland University of Technology.^{[3] [failed verification ]}

Prior to entering into politics, Connolly worked in the criminal justice system as a judge's associate, and in a law firm. She also worked for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Australian Energy Regulator, and spent over a decade working across public and privately owned energy networks in policy, legislative reform and regulatory frameworks.^[4]

Connolly is married to Scott Connolly, Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Together they have had three children conceived through IVF;^[5] her eldest, Viviene, was stillborn at 37 weeks.^{[6] [7]}

Connolly was pre-selected by the Labor Party as its candidate for Tarneit in 2017 and went on to be elected at the 2018 Victorian State Election. She was a board member of VicHealth, and is a member of the Transport Workers Union and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.^[8]

At the 2022 state election, she stood in the new electorate of Laverton, which had been established in a redistribution, and was elected.^[9]

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