Noreen Hay

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Noreen Hay
Noreen Hay
In office
2003 – incumbent
Preceded by Col Markham
Constituency Wollongong
Born 1951
Political party Australian Labor Party

Noreen Hay (born c. 1951) is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She has represented Wollongong for the Australian Labor Party since 2003.

Hay was born in London into a working class family of practicing Christians.[1]. She was the second eldest of five children to parents Nora and Tadg Herlihy, who had migrated to the United Kingdom from Cork, Ireland.[1]. She married Christopher Martin Hay and in 1982 they migrated with their four children to Wollongong, New South Wales.

Hay enrolled in Wollongong TAFE and susbequently found employment with the NSW Home Care Service, caring for the elderly and bedridden in Wollongong's outer suburbs.[1] She subsequently became a union official and regional secretary of the Miscellaneous Workers’ Union and worked as an electorate officer to Jennie George, the Federal Member for Throsby.[2][3]

In 2002, she won ALP preselection from the sitting member, Col Markham,[4] and was the first woman elected for the seat of Wollongong.

Following the 2007 election, Hay was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Health Minister Reba Meagher.[3] She was stood down in February 2008 by the Premier Iemma being named in an ICAC inquiry into Wollongong Council.[5] hay was re-appointed in March 2008 after being cleared by the ICAC.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Inaugural Speeches. Hansard: Parliament of New South Wales (May 2003). Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  2. ^ Hay, Noreen (c. 1951 - ). Australian Women. National Foundation for Australian Women. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  3. ^ a b Ms Noreen Hay, MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-07.
  4. ^ Norington, Brad. "Rival beats MP to safe ALP seat", The Sydney Morning Herald, December 16, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-02-07. 
  5. ^ Iemma stands down Wollongong probe MP - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


Persondata
NAME Hay, Noreen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH