Catherine Hutchesson
Catherine Hutchesson | |
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| Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Waite | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sam Duluk |
| Majority | 54 per cent |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Labor |
| Education | Bachelor of Science |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
| Committees | Natural Resources Access to Urinary Tract Infection Treatment |
| Website | ALP website |
Catherine Louise Hutchesson is an Australian politician. She has been a
Liberal Party member who had held the seat since 2018. With the exception of Duluk's two years as an independent, the constituency had been held by the Liberal Party for the previous 29 years, and its predecessor, the seat of Mitcham
, had only ever been held by Liberal or independent members dating back to 1938.
Hutchesson grew up within the boundaries of the current seat of Waite, has a
Country Fire Service as a volunteer firefighter. She was the unsuccessful Labor candidate in Waite in the 2018 state election
.
Personal life and career
Catherine Louise Hutchesson grew up in
Country Fire Service Brigade and the representative of her brigade to the CFS Volunteers' Association and delegate to the CFS Group that includes Upper Sturt. She has also been vice-president of the Upper Sturt Soldiers' Memorial Hall committee, and president of the Upper Sturt branch of the Country Women's Association in South Australia.[1][2]
Political career
Hutchesson was the
Liberal Party since 1993,[5] its predecessor, the seat of Mitcham, had only ever been held by Liberal or independent members dating back to 1938,[2] and was regarded as a blue-ribbon Liberal seat.[5]
She was again the Labor Party candidate for Waite at the
independent member Sam Duluk, a former Liberal Party member who had been an independent for two years and had held the seat since 2018. Hutchesson's share of the first-preference votes was 26.6 per cent.[3] Since 3 May 2022 she has been a member of the parliamentary Natural Resources Committee. She was a member of the Access to Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Committee from 1 December 2022 to 17 November 2023.[1]
Footnotes
References
- "Catherine Louise Hutchesson". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- "Labor Makes History in Waite". Power FM. 25 March 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "State Election Results – District Results for Waite". Electoral Commission of South Australia. 5 April 2018.
- "Steven Marshall clings on to seat but Liberal stronghold falls to Labor". ABC News. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- "Waite (*) (Key Seat) - SA Election 2022". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.