Divina Grace D'Anna (born 5 December 1976) is an Australian politician. She has been a
Labor
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member of the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth.
The Legisla ...
since the
2021 state election, representing
Kimberley.
A
Yawuru
The Yawuru, also spelt Jawuru, are an Indigenous Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Language
A Japanese linguist, Hosokawa Kōmei (細川弘明), compiled the first basic dictionary of the Yawuru language in 1988, a ...
,
Nimanburr and
Bardi woman, D'Anna was born and grew up in
Broome, Western Australia.
In August 2020 she was selected to replace the retiring sitting member,
Josie Farrer
Josephine Farrer (born 24 September 1947) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2021, representing the seat of Kimberley.
Farrer was born on Moola Bulla Stati ...
.
In her election campaign D'Anna received mentoring from Senator
Malarndirri McCarthy
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy (born 19 April 1970) is an Australian politician and former journalist who has been a Senator for the Northern Territory since 2016. She is an Assistant Minister in the Albanese Government, and previously served i ...
through
EMILY's List Australia
EMILY's List Australia is a political network in Australia that supports progressive Labor Party (ALP) women candidates seeking election to political office. Founded in 1996, EMILY's List Australia was inspired by EMILY's List, a political ac ...
.
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Living people
1976 births
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Indigenous Australian politicians
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
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