Olivia Savvas

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Olivia Savvas
MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Newland
Assumed office
19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
Preceded byRichard Harvey
Personal details
Born (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 27)
Labor
EducationBachelor of Laws
Bachelor of International Studies
Diploma of Languages (French)
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
CommitteesOccupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation
WebsiteALP website

Olivia Madison Savvas (born 22 May 1996)

Liberal Party member, Richard Harvey, who had held the seat since 2018. Prior to the election, the ABC election analyst Antony Green
stated that since its establishment in 1976, Newland has had a history of following the state electoral trend, and was previously held by Labor between 2006 and 2018.

Savvas grew up in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide and has a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of International Studies and a Diploma of Languages in French. Prior to her election to Parliament she was a councillor on the City of Tea Tree Gully Council and was employed as an analyst by a major bank.

Personal life and career

Olivia Madison Savvas grew up and went to school in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide,[3] attending high school at Kildare College and Saint Ignatius' College. She studied law, international studies and French at the University of Adelaide,[4] and when she was elected to Parliament she was working as an analyst in a major bank focusing on counter-terrorism finance.[3][1] She had also been a union official.[4] Her family originates from the Greek island of Samos.[1]

Political career

Savvas was involved with the

Liberal Party on a margin of just 0.1 per cent. Prior to the election, ABC election analyst Antony Green stated that since its establishment in 1976, Newland has a history of following the state electoral trend, and was previously held by Labor between 2006 and 2018. At the election, Savvas received 55.4 per cent of the two-party-preferred vote from 36.8 per cent of the first-preference votes, achieving a 5.4 per cent swing to the Labor Party.[3] Elected at age 25, she is the youngest member of the South Australian Parliament and is the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Assembly.[1][6] From 3 May 2022 until 30 June 2023 she was a member of the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee, and since 3 May 2022 she has been a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Maios 2022.
  2. ^ "Birth notices". The Advertiser. 25 May 1996.
  3. ^ a b c d ABC 2022.
  4. ^ a b c SA Parliament 26 February 2024.
  5. ^ City of Tea Tree Gully 2022.
  6. ^ The Advertiser 23 March 2022.

References

South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by Member for Newland
2022–present 		Incumbent
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