The Honourable
Jacqueline Munro
MLC
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Assumed office
20 April 2023
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyNSW Liberal
ResidenceDarlinghurst[1]
OccupationPolitician

Jacqueline Amy Munro is an Australian politician. She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election.[2]

Career

Munro worked as a staffer at all levels of Government including for the independent City of Sydney councillor Kerryn Phelps[3] and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian.[4] Munro worked for Berejiklian as a policy advisor until she was identified supporting the Keep Sydney Open movement.[4][5] She was a media adviser to the Marriage Equality campaign at the 2017 Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.[6] Prior to her election, she was the Female Vice-President of the NSW Liberal Party and its Women's Council President.[7][8] Munro also worked as a lobbyist at a global public relations and communications agency.

Political candidate

At the 2019 Australian federal election, Munro was the Liberal candidate for the Sydney.[9] She was the NSW Liberal Party's youngest woman candidate and was unsuccessful.[6] She was elected as a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2023 state election.[2] Munro's preselection for the Legislative Council was controversial: she prevailed by a single vote.[3][10]

Personal life

Munro holds a Bachelor of International Studies.[2] She is also marathon-runner and a media commentator.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Candidates - Legislative Council - Group I: LIBERAL-THE NATIONALS". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Hon. (Jacqui) Jacqueline Amy MUNRO, B.IntS MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 'Stoush breaks out within NSW Liberals over vacated upper house seat'
  4. 1 2 "'Fighting for those small businesses': Phelps's former council staffer takes on Plibersek"
  5. ↑ 'Keep Sydney Open: Thousands turn out in the city to protest NSW government's lockout laws'
  6. 1 2 3 "Jacqui Munro". Q+A. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Our State Executive". nswliberal.org.au. Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Raper, Ashleigh (22 February 2023). "Outgoing NSW minister David Elliott fails in bid to remain in parliament via vacant upper-house spot". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Candidates for the 2019 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  10. ↑ 'Jacqui Munro endorsed for NSW Liberal seat despite a Perrottet staffer trying to redirect votes'
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