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Alison Joy Byrnes (born 5 February) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the
Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...
(ALP) and was elected as a member for the New South Wales seat of
Cunningham Cunningham is a surname of Scottish origin, see Clan Cunningham. Notable people sharing this surname A–C *Aaron Cunningham (born 1986), American baseball player *Abe Cunningham, American drummer * Adrian Cunningham (born 1960), Australian ...
in the House of Representatives in the 2022 election.


Early life

Byrnes was born in
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...
, New South Wales. She grew up in the suburb of Woonona. She has worked for the ALP since the age of 16.


Politics

Byrnes worked as a staffer to Cunningham MP
Sharon Bird Sharon Leah Bird (''née'' Reed, born 15 November 1962) is a former Australian politician. Sharon Bird served as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Cunningham in New S ...
for 18 years, including as chief of staff. Following Bird's retirement, she won ALP preselection for Cunningham in February 2022. She was chosen unopposed following the withdrawal of her main opponent, Misha Zelinsky. At the 2022 Federal Election, she was elected to the seat of Cunningham with 65% of the vote.


Personal life

Byrnes is married to Paul Scully, an ALP member of the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
. She has sometimes used the name "Alison Byrnes-Scully".


See also

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Women in the Australian House of Representatives There have been 153 women in the Australian House of Representatives since the establishment of the Parliament of Australia. Women have had the right to both vote and sit in parliament since 1902. The first woman to run for the House of Representa ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Byrnes, Alison Living people 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians People from Wollongong Year of birth missing (living people) Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Cunningham Women members of the Australian House of Representatives