Jennifer Sue Huppert (born 13 October 1962) is an Australian politician. Born in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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, she was a solicitor before entering politics. On 3 February 2009, she was appointed to the
Victorian Legislative Council
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as a
Labor
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** Manual labour, physical work
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member for
Southern Metropolitan Region
Southern Metropolitan Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was creat ...
to replace
Evan Thornley
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, who retired.
Huppert was second on the Labor ticket for the Southern Metropolitan Region in the
2010 election, but was defeated.
References
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1962 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Politicians from Melbourne
Jewish Australian politicians
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council