Matthew Swinbourn

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Matthew Swinbourn

| honorific-suffix = MLC

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| office = Minister for Environment; Community Services; Homelessness

| term_start = 19 March 2021

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| office1 = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council

| term_start1 = 22 May 2017

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|4|3}}

| birth_place = Middle Swan, Western Australia

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| party = Labor

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| alma_mater = University of Western Australia

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| profession = Lawyer

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Matthew Dean Swinbourn (born 3 April 1975) is an Australian politician. He was educated at Kent Street Senior High School.{{cite web | title=Parliament of Western Australia Inaugural Speech

|url=https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/B89DB0E5BC2F38E9482580F3001FF6ED/$file/MatthewSwinbournInaug2017V2.pdf |website=Parliament of Western Australia

|access-date=4 February 2022}}

He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a Labor member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term began on 22 May 2017.

Following the 2021 Western Australian state election, Swinbourn was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs, John Quigley.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/03/Premier-announces-re-elected-Labor-Government-Ministry-portfolios.aspx |title=Premier announces re-elected Labor Government Ministry portfolios |access-date=24 May 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619070155/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2021/03/Premier-announces-re-elected-Labor-Government-Ministry-portfolios.aspx |url-status=dead }}

Before entering politics, Swinbourn worked at several trade unions.[https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/Memblist.nsf/(MemberPics)/B89DB0E5BC2F38E9482580F3001FF6ED/$file/MatthewSwinbournInaug2017V2.pdf Inaugural Speech | Hon Matthew Swinbourn MLC] In 2002, he was employed by the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union as a workers' compensation officer. He took a position at the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union as an industrial officer in 2007 for three years,{{cite web|url=https://wa.cfmeu.org.au/team/matthew-swinbourn|title=Matthew Swinbourn}} before taking a position at the Health Services Union. Swinbourn returned to the CFMEU in 2012, where he worked as a lawyer until his election.