Ms Marie Therese ANDREWS, MP

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member for Gosford
Member of the Australian Labor Party

Contact Details

Address	Ms Marie Andrews, MP 20 Blackwall Road WOY WOY NSW 2256
Postal	Ms Marie Andrews PO Box 223 WOY WOY NSW 2256
Phone	(02) 4342 4122
Fax	(02) 4341 2368
Email	gosford@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	25 Mar 1995
Member for Gosford	24 Mar 2007
Member, Committee on Children and Young People	21 Jun 2007
Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Public Works	24 Sep 2008	Appointed to the committee on 24 September 2008. Elected Deputy Chair on 25 September 2008.
Chair, Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General	25 Sep 2008	Appointed to Committee on 25 September 2008. Elected Chair of the committee on 21 October 2008.

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period
Member for Peats	25 Mar 1995	2 Mar 2007	11yrs 11mths 6days
Temporary Chairman of Committees	29 Apr 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 10mths 2days
Member, Standing Committee on Public Works	8 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Committee on Children and Young People	31 May 2000	28 Feb 2003	2yrs 8mths 29days
Member, Committee on the Independent Commission Against Corruption	30 May 1995	28 Feb 2003	7yrs 8mths 30days
Member, Library Committee	23 May 1995	28 Feb 2003	7yrs 9mths 6days
Member, Legislative Assembly Standing Ethics Committee	30 May 1995	28 Feb 2003	7yrs 8mths 30days
Vice-Chairman, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission	30 May 1995	28 Feb 2003	7yrs 8mths 30days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Victims Compensation	27 Nov 1996	5 Mar 1999	2yrs 3mths 7days
Member, Joint Select Committee upon the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995	19 Jun 1997	8 Dec 1997	5mths 20days

Parliamentary Record

Ms Andrews' speeches in Hansard

About the Gosford Electorate

Residential and semi-rural. Located within the Central Coast region.

Includes the suburbs and towns of: Bar Point, Blackwall, Booker Bay, Calga, Central Mangrove, Cheero Point, Cogra Bay, East Gosford, Ettalong Beach, Glenworth Valley, Gosford, Greengrove, Gunderman, Horsfield Bay, Kariong, Koolewong, Kulnura, Little Wobby, Lower Mangrove, Mangrove Creek, Mangrove Mountain, Marlow, Mooney Mooney, Mooney Mooney Creek, Mount White, North Gosford, Patonga, Pearl Beach, Peat Island, Peats Ridge, Phegans Bay, Point Clare, Point Frederick, Somersby, Spencer, Springfield, Tascott, Umina Beach, Upper Mangrove, Wendoree Park, West Gosford, Wobby Beach, Wondabyne, Woy Woy, Woy Woy Bay.

Area: 871 sq km.

Population: 66,804. Enrolment: 47,564.

For more detailed information see - http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/gosford

Biography

Political Party Activity - Member of the Australian Labor Party since 1960 and has held a number of positions at Branch level. Delegate to State Conference. Member of Parliamentary Caucus Committees on Health, Aboriginal Affairs, Education and Training, Agriculture, Fair Trading and Land and Water Conservation.

Community Activity - Patron of several community organisations.

Qualifications, Occupations and Interests - For 17 years, private Secretary to NSW Branch Secretary, Australian Railway Unions, now Public Transport Union. Interests include the Labor Movement - political and industrial wings, tennis, swimming and reading.

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