Heidi Girolamo

{{short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Heidi Girolamo

|honorific-suffix = MLC

|image =

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|12|30}}

|birth_place = Rose Park, South Australia

|party = Liberal Party of Australia (SA)

|profession = Chartered Accountant

|office = Member of the Legislative Council

|parliament = South Australian

|term_start = 24 August 2021

|term_end =

|predecessor = David Ridgway

}}

Heidi Margaret Girolamo (born 30 December 1983){{Cite news|date=1983-12-31|title=Birth notices|work=The Advertiser}} is an Australian politician. She was appointed to the South Australian Legislative Council representing the Liberal Party on 24 August 2021, to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of David Ridgway.{{Cite SA-parl|pid=6827|name=Hon Heidi Margaret Girolamo|former=|access-date=10 November 2022}}{{cite news |title=SA Liberal Right takes another win |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2021/08/23/sa-liberal-right-takes-another-win/|accessdate=30 August 2021 |work=InDaily |date=23 August 2021 |last=Richardson |first=Tom |language=en}}

On 22 April 2022, Girolamo was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Finance, Shadow Minister for Trade and Investment and Shadow Minister for the Circular Economy.{{cite news |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/04/21/first-term-mps-elevated-to-libs-youthful-frontbench/ |title=First-term MPs elevated to Libs' 'youthful' frontbench |date=21 April 2022 |newspaper=InDaily |first=Stephanie |last=Richards |access-date=3 May 2022}}

Prior to joining the parliament, Girolamo was a chartered accountant and worked at Deloitte Risk Advisory as a client manager. Girolamo was also Treasurer and Board Member of Kidsafe SA, a charity focused on accident and injury prevention for children, from June 2014 to August 2021. Additionally, she was the Vice President of the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), and is associated with the Right faction of the South Australian Liberal Party.

Girolamo was born and raised in Adelaide, with family living in regional South Australia.{{Clarify|date=May 2022|reason=Regoional SA is a big place - say which region}} Girolamo also has a keen interest in focusing on early intervention services because of the importance of prevention across health, education and child protection.{{cite web |url=https://saliberal.org.au/team/heidi-girolamo |title=Hon. Heidi Girolamo MLC |publisher=Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) |access-date=3 May 2022}}