Sally Sitou ( Chinese: 陳莎莉) is an Australian politician who is the Labor member for the Division of Reid as of the

2022 Australian federal election The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, sought to win a fourth conse ...

. She defeated the incumbent Liberal member,

Fiona Martin Fiona Barbouttis Martin (born 16 November 1977) is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for Reid at the 2019 federal election. She lost her seat to Labor MP Sally Sitou at the 2022 federal electi ...

Early years and background

Sally was born in Canley Vale, the second child of Chinese parents who fled Laos after the Vietnam War. She went to Canley Vale Public School and Sefton High School and completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology – Honours) at Macquarie University. She spent more than a decade working in the international education and international development sectors, and was most recently employed at the University of Sydney. She is married with one child.

Politics

Sally has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 2006, working on a number of campaigns, including the 2007 Bennelong campaign when Maxine McKew defeated former Prime Minister John Howard. She worked as an adviser to Jason Clare MP, Member for Blaxland. In 2021 Sally was pre-selected as the ALP’s candidate for the Division of Reid and achieved a swing of 8.4 percent to win the seat in the May 2022 federal election.

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* Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Reid Australian politicians of Chinese descent University of Sydney alumni Women members of the Australian House of Representatives 1982 births {{Australia-politician-stub