Joanna Gash
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Joanna Gash has been a Liberal
member of the Australian House of Representatives
since March 1996, representing the Division of Gilmore
on the southern coast of New South Wales
.
and immigrated to Australia
when she was 6, she was educated at Institute of Administration in Sydney
, New South Wales
, and was a Regional Manager with the Tourism Commission of New South Wales, a guest house co-proprietor and a member of the Wingecarribee Shire Council before entering politics. Gash was for many years a scripture and Sunday School Teacher and spent many weekends at the Church of England Camps at the Port Hacking River
(Camp Howard).
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
since March 1996, representing the Division of Gilmore
Division of Gilmore
The Division of Gilmore is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Dame Mary Gilmore, the poet and author. It is located in the Shoalhaven the southern Illawarra regions, extending from Warilla in the north to Durras in the south, then...
on the southern coast of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
.
Personal
Gash was born in Groningen, in the NetherlandsNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and immigrated to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
when she was 6, she was educated at Institute of Administration in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, and was a Regional Manager with the Tourism Commission of New South Wales, a guest house co-proprietor and a member of the Wingecarribee Shire Council before entering politics. Gash was for many years a scripture and Sunday School Teacher and spent many weekends at the Church of England Camps at the Port Hacking River
Hacking River
The Hacking River is a stream in the state of New South Wales in Australia. It rises near the Princes Highway west of Stanwell Tops, and flows through the Royal National Park before emptying into Port Hacking...
(Camp Howard).