Justine Keay | |
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| Member of theAustralian Parliament forBraddon | |
| In office 28 July 2018 – 18 May 2019 | |
| Succeeded by | Gavin Pearce |
| In office 2 July 2016 – 10 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Brett Whiteley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Justine Terri Keay (1975-03-18)18 March 1975 (age 50) |
| Party | Labor |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Justine Terri Keay (born 18 March 1975) is a former Australian politician. She was theLabor member forBraddon in theHouse of Representatives, serving from the2016 federal election held on 2 July 2016 until her resignation on 10 May 2018 as a part of the2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis and then since the2018 Braddon by-election until 2019. She replaced theLiberal Party'sBrett Whiteley.[1][2]
Keay was analderman forDevonport City Council for seven years, resigning on 26 May 2016.[3] She has a Bachelor of Arts in History and Geography from theUniversity of Tasmania. She worked in the television industry withSouthern Cross Television andWIN Television in Western Australia before gaining further qualifications fromMurdoch University in Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management and has received a Graduate Diploma in Psychology fromMonash University. She returned to Tasmania and entered politics as an assistant to then Minister for Environment the HonBryan Green MP.[4][5]
On 9 May 2018, Keay announced her resignation from the House of Representatives following theHigh Court of Australia ruling that SenatorKaty Gallagher was ineligible to contest the 2016 election. Like Gallagher, Keay had failed to renounce her British citizenship before nomination in the 2016 federal election.[2] She contested and won the2018 Braddon by-election on 28 July.[6] She lost her seat at the2019 Australian federal election.[4]
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| Preceded by | Member forBraddon 2016–2018, 2018–2019 | Succeeded by |
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