Ashton Hurn
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Ashton Hurn
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| party = Liberal
| death_place =
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| birth_place = Ashford, South Australia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|1|14}}
| majority =
| predecessor = Stephan Knoll
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| term_start = {{start date|2022|03|19|df=y}}
| constituency_AM = Schubert
| assembly = South Australian House of
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| signature = Ashton Hurn signature 2023.svg
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Ashton Morgan Hurn (born 14 January 1991){{Cite news|date=1991-01-16|title=Birth notices|work=The Advertiser}} is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election, representing Schubert.{{Cite news |last=Boisvert |first=Eugene |date=2022-03-20 |title=Five women join Labor's ranks in newly elected South Australian government |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-20/five-new-labor-women-in-new-sa-government/100924724 |access-date=2022-03-20}}{{Cite SA-parl|pid=6887|name=Ashton Morgan Hurn|former=|access-date=12 November 2022}} She replaced Stephan Knoll, who had held the seat since 2014. He had beaten Hurn in party pre-selection then.{{Cite web |title=Schubert - SA Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/sa/2022/guide/schu |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}
For the four years before her election, Hurn had been Director of Media and Communications for premier Steven Marshall.
Family and personal
Hurn's family has lived in the Barossa Valley region for over 170 years. Hurn is the granddaughter of Brian Hurn who had been mayor of Barossa Council for 18 years and previously played state-level cricket. She is the sister of Shannon Hurn who has played Australian Rules football for West Coast Eagles since 2006. She had also been a South Australian Institute of Sport netballer, and played in the South Australian representative 19 & Under team in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://sa.netball.com.au/sites/sa/files/2020-01/Annual-Report-2010.pdf |title=Annual Report |year=2010 |author=Netball SA |page=18 |access-date=20 March 2022}}
Hurn was a Barossa Young Ambassador for the 2013 Vintage Festival.{{cite magazine |url=https://issuu.com/barossaleader/docs/vintage_festival_2013/31 |title=An insight into the Barossa's Young Ambassadors |magazine=Guide to the Barossa Vintage Festival 2013 |page=31 |publisher=The Leader |access-date=20 March 2022}}
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Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:South Australian politicians
Category:People from Angaston, South Australia
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