Carina Garland is an Australian politician. She has served as a

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MP for Chisholm since the

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Early life and education

Garland was raised in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne, and currently lives in Clayton. Garland has an English literature honours degree from

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and a PhD in gender and cultural studies from the

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Political career

Before her election to the

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, Garland served as the assistant secretary for the

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, as well as a parliamentary staffer. Garland was preselected to stand in Chisholm for Labor at the 2022 federal election in July 2021, and won the seat with an 8.1-point swing in her direction, defeating

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incumbent

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. In the Labor caucus, Garland is a member of the

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faction.

References

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