Bronwyn Halfpenny (born 30 July 1963) is an Australian politician, and has been the member for

Thomastown Thomastown (), historically known as Grennan, is a town in County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. It is a market town along a stretch of the River Nore which is known for its salmon and trout, with a number of ...

in the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

since 2010. She is the daughter of the well-known trade union leader

John Halfpenny John Francis Halfpenny AM (7 April 1935 – 20 December 2003) was an Australian unionist. Biography Halfpenny was born in Donald in Victoria and joined the Communist Party, travelling to Moscow in 1960 as head of the Eureka Youth League. A ...

and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Watsonia. She was educated at Watsonia Primary School, Watsonia High School and

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, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Economics. Prior to her election to the Victorian state parliament, Halfpenny was the secretary of the Food and Confectionery Division of the

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), or more fully the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union, is an Australian trade union. The AMWU represents a broad range of workers in the manufacturing se ...

from 1999 to 2006, and Industrial Campaigns Officer of the

Victorian Trades Hall Council The Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) is a representative body of trade union organisations, known as a labour council, in the state of Victoria, Australia. It comprises 43 affiliated trade unions and professional associations, and eight regi ...

from 2006 to 2010. She lives in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and has two children.

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Parliamentary voting record of Bronwyn Halfpenny at Victorian Parliament Tracker
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halfpenny, Bronwyn 1963 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Flinders University alumni La Trobe University alumni 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly People from the City of Banyule Politicians from Melbourne