Danielle Green is an Australia

Australia

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Politician

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, currently serving as the member for Yan Yean

Electoral district of Yan Yean

The Electoral district of Yan Yean is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located on the fringes of Melbourne's northern suburbs and contains the towns of Hurstbridge, Plenty, Whittlesea and Yan Yean....

 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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. She represents the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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Before entering Parliament

Parliament of Australia

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 she was an electoral officer for Andre Haermeyer

Andre Haermeyer

Andre Haermeyer is an Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Kororoit in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002, prior to that representing the Yan Yean electorate in Melbourne's north from 1992.Before being elected to Parliament, Haermeyer worked for the...

 before he a redistribution turned Yan Yean into a notionally Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 seat. Haermeyer chose to contest Kororoit

Electoral district of Kororoit

The Electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne....

 at the 2002 election. Green won Labor preselection, and despite the notional Liberal margin, won easily. She was returned in 2006 with a modest swing against her.

Green is active in many local community groups, including, her local CFA as well as being the No.1 ticket holder of the Greensborough Hockey Club. Danielle Green was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Police Emergency Services after the 2006 election

Victorian state election, 2006

An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...

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