Lily D'Ambrosio
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lily D'Ambrosio
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image = Lily D'Ambrosio - Labor MP for Mill Park, Minister for Energy - Climate emergency - IMG 8825.jpg
| office1 = Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change
| leader1 = Daniel Andrews
| term_start1 = 4 December 2014
| term_end1 = 5 December 2022
| predecessor1 = Russell Northe
| successor1 = Herself (as Minister for Energy and Resources and Minister for Climate Action)
Ingrid Stitt (as Minister for the Environment)
| office2 = Minister for Solar Homes
| leader2 = Daniel Andrews
| term_start2 = 29 November 2018
| term_end2 = 5 December 2022
| predecessor2 = Office established
| successor2 = Office abolished
| office3 = Minister for Suburban Development
| leader3 = Daniel Andrews
| term_start3 = 23 May 2016
| term_end3 = 29 November 2018
| predecessor3 = Office established
| successor3 = Marlene Kairouz
| office4 = Minister for Industry
| leader4 = Daniel Andrews
| term_start4 = 4 December 2014
| term_end4 = 23 May 2016
| predecessor4 = Office established
| successor4 = Wade Noonan
| office5 = Minister for Community Development
| leader5 = John Brumby
| term_start5 = 19 January 2010
| term_end5 = 2 December 2010
| predecessor5 = Peter Batchelor
| successor5 = Mary Wooldridge
| constituency_AM6 = Mill Park
| assembly6 = Victorian Legislative
| term_start6 = 30 November 2002
| term_end6 =
| predecessor6 = Alex Andrianopoulos
| successor6 =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|7|30}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| party = Labor
| children = 2
| residence =
| alma_mater = University of Melbourne
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| website = {{URL|https://www.lilydambrosio.com.au/}}
| caption = D'Ambrosio during the 2018 state election campaign
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Liliana D'Ambrosio ({{IPA|it|liˈljaːna damˈbrɔːzjo|lang}}; born 30 July 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Mill Park.{{cite web |title=Lily D'Ambrosio (Mill Park)|work=Members Information |publisher=Parliament of Victoria|url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/search-members/details/22/38|accessdate=5 November 2020}} She is presently Minister for Climate Action, Minister for Energy & Resources and Minister for the State Electricity Commission under the Allan Government.
Education
She was educated at Mercy College, Coburg and St Aloysius' College, North Melbourne. She received an Arts degree from the University of Melbourne in 1986 and later a Diploma in Public Policy.
Political career
D'Ambrosio joined the Labor Party at university, and subsequently became an organiser with the Australian Services Union in 1986. She was promoted to state organiser in 1994, and served in the position until 1999, when she became an electorate officer to Alex Andrianopoulos, the then-Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He retired in 2002, and she replaced him as the party's candidate in his safe seat of Mill Park.
In 2010, D'Ambrosio joined John Brumby's cabinet when she was appointed Minister for Community Development after a cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Lynne Kosky.Rout, Milanda: [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/state-politics/martin-pakula-takes-over-public-transport-after-lynne-kosky-resignation/story-e6frgczx-1225821646322 Martin Pakula takes over public transport after Lynne Kosky resignation], The Australian, 20 January 2010.
D'Ambrosio is a member of the Socialist Left Labor faction.{{cite web |last1=Potter |first1=Ben |title=The NEG: Why Lily d'Ambrosio and Daniel Andrews dug their heels in |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/the-neg-why-lily-dambrosio-and-daniel-andrews-dug-their-heels-in-20180809-h13rs6 |website=Australian Financial Review |date=9 August 2018 |access-date=1 June 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Rob |title='Like 19th-century empires dividing up Africa': Victorian Labor peace talks threaten to erupt |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/like-19th-century-empires-dividing-up-africa-victorian-labor-peace-talks-threaten-to-erupt-20210430-p57nue.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 April 2021 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=1 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=Victorian State Election 2010: Mill Park |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/vic2010-millpark/ |website=Crikey |access-date=1 June 2022}}
= Electoral history =
| class="wikitable"
|+Electoral history of Lily D'Ambrosio in the Parliament of Victoria ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Electorate ! rowspan="2" |Party ! colspan="4" |First Preference Result ! colspan="4" |Two Candidate Result |
| Votes
!% !+% !Position !Votes !% !+% !Result |
|---|
| 2002
| rowspan="6" |Mill Park | rowspan="6" |Labor |22,746 |70.1 | +7.5 |1st |24,915 |76.8 | +13.0 |Elected |
| 2006
|21,288 |62.0 |−8.1 |1st |24,276 |70.8 |−6.0 |Elected |
| 2010
|21,861 |60.89 |−1.16 |1st |24,966 |69.45 |−1.34 |Elected |
| 2014
|22,807 |59.8 | +1.7 |1st |26,314 |69.9 | +2.9 |Elected |
| 2018
|24,729 |62.71 | +2.92 |1st |29,588 |74.90 | +5.04 |Elected |
| 2022
|18,857 |49.9 |−12.8 |1st |23,259 |61.4 |–13.5 |Elected |
Personal life
D'Ambrosio is a member of Labor women's network Emily's List and the Union of Australian Women. She is married, with two daughters, Eleanor and Maddy.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
D'Ambrosio lives in Brunswick, located approximately 17km from her electorate of Mill Park.{{cite web |last1=Smethurst |first1=Annika |title=Parachuting pollies into safe seats fuels political cynicism |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/parachuting-pollies-into-safe-seats-fuels-political-cynicism-20210916-p58s7y.html |website=The Age |date=16 September 2021 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=8 October 2021}}
References
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Category:Labor Left politicians
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:Ministers for the environment (Victoria)
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian politicians of Italian descent
Category:Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Politicians from Melbourne