• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4847

Berry, Yvette

(1968 – )
  • Born 1 August, 1968, Canberra Australian Capital Territory Australia
  • Occupation Parliamentarian

Summary

Yvette Berry was elected to the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory representing the seat of Ginninderra for the Australian Labor Party at the 2012 election.

Details

Yvette Berry has followed in her father’s footsteps to enter the ACT Legislative Assembly. She has lived in the electorate all her life. Before her election to parliament she was a community organiser for United Voice, a union which represents workers in the caring industries.

Since her election in 2012, Berry has been appointed Minister for the following portfolios from 2015: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality. Following the 2016 ACT election, Berry was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in the Labor Government. She also assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, and retained portfolio responsibility for Women.

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