Parliamentary Service |
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MLC |
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Labor
Member
Australian Labor Party since 17 years old |
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22 May 2013 |
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East Metropolitan |
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Electorates
- MLC East Metropolitan Region from 22 May 2013. Elected to the Thirty-ninth Parliament for the East Metropolitan Region on 9 March 2013 for term commencing 22 May 2013. Re-elected 2017 and 2021 for the terms commencing 22 May.
Office
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and Training from 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services from 19 March 2021 to 21 December 2021
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture and the Arts; Sports and Recreation; International Education; Heritage from 21 December 2021 to present
Parliamentary Party Appointments
- Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council from 22 May 2013 to 15 March 2017
Committees
- Member, Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs from 22 May 2013 to 21 May 2017
- Member, Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review from 18 August 2015 to 23 February 2016
- Member, Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs from 23 May 2017 to 21 May 2021
- Deputy Chair, Select Committee into alternate approaches to reducing illicit drug use and its effects on the community from 17 October 2018 to 28 November 2019
- Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Estimates and Financial Operations from 25 May 2021 to present
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on Audit from 25 May 2021 to present
- Member, Select Committee into Child Development Services from 31 August 2022 to present
Historical Notes
- The first woman to sit in an Australian parliament with her sister, Cassandra Rowe MLA
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Inaugural Speech |
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Search for speeches by Samantha Rowe |
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Personal Information |
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30 June 1978 |
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Arrived in Western Australia in 2007 |
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Daughter of Barry John Rowe, politician, company director and lecturer, and Helen Dennis, fundraising and sponsorship manager, Brightwater Care Group
Sister of Cassandra Rowe MLA |
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Married 4 April 2010, Perth, WA to Thomas Price Hodgkins, son of David Hodgkins and Julie Hodgkins |
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Braemar College, Victoria
Bachelor of Business (B Bus) (international business)
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Manager |
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Business development manager
Employee, American Chamber of Commerce from August 2010 to April 2013
Employee, WA Labor Party from September 2007 to July 2010 |
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Resident, London, Ontario, Canada, 2005-2007
Member, Transport Workers' Union |
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Parliament of Western Australia website. Current Members. Accessed 2 June 2015. |
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