Ashton Morgan Hurn is an Australian politician. She has been a

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member of the

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since the 2022 state election, representing

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. She replaced Stephan Knoll, who had held the seat since 2014. He had beaten Hurn in party pre-selection then. For the four years before her election, Hurn had been Director of Media and Communications for premier Steven Marshall.

Family and personal

Hurn's family has lived in the

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region for over 170 years. Hurn is the granddaughter of

Brian Hurn Brian Morgan Hurn (4 March 1939 – 18 October 2015) was an Australian first-class cricketer and politician who served as Mayor of Barossa Council. Early life Born in Angaston in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, Hurn first came to ...

who had been mayor of

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for 18 years and previously played state-level cricket. She is the sister of

Shannon Hurn Shannon William Hurn (born 4 September 1987) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). From South Australia, he excelled at both cricket and football at junior level, and at one ...

who has played Australian Rules football for

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since 2006. She had also been a South Australian Institute of Sport

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er, and played in the South Australian representative 19 & Under team in 2010. Hurn was a Barossa Young Ambassador for the 2013 Vintage Festival.

References

Living people Members of the South Australian House of Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Year of birth missing (living people) South Australian politicians People from Angaston, South Australia {{Australia-politician-stub