- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4838
Jones, Giulia
(1980 – )- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
Guilia Jones was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly representing the Canberra Liberals in the electorate of Molonglo at the election which was held in October 2012. She was subsequently elected in the electorate of Murrumbidgee and served in the Assembly until June 2022. Jones was the deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the ACT from October 2020 to January 2022.
Details
Giulia Jones was born in Hobart and educated at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania. She moved to Canberra in 2005 after spending a year in Darwin. In Canberra she ran a small business, worked in the public service and was on the staff of Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition in the federal Parliament.
Jones was elected to the ACT Assembly on her fourth attempt to enter parliament at the federal or territory level. She was a Senate Liberal candidate for Tasmania at the 2007 federal election. She stood as a Liberal candidate for Molonglo at the ACT Assembly election in 2008 and was a candidate for the House of Representatives seat of Canberra in the federal Parliament at the 2010 election.
Published resources
- Newspaper Article
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Site Exhibition
- From Lady Denman to Katy Gallagher: A Century of Women's Contributions to Canberra, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2013, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/ldkg
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Resource
- Trove: Jones, Giulia (1980-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1666025
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- Jones, Giulia: Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory website, https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/members/former-members/jones-giulia
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Resource Section
- Giulia Jones, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Jones