Leah Blyth
Leah Blyth | |
|---|---|
| Senator for South Australia | |
| Assumed office 6 February 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Simon Birmingham |
| President of the South Australian Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office 23 August 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician, Education Executive |
Leah Blyth is an Australian politician. She is a Senator for South Australia representing the Liberal Party. She was appointed to the Senate via a joint sitting of the Parliament of South Australia on 6 February 2025, to replace retiring Senator Simon Birmingham.[1] She will serve the remainder of Birmingham's term which will expire in 2028.[2]
Blyth was preselected for her Senate appointment on 31 January 2025, backed by right-wing party factional powerbroker and fellow Senator Alex Antic.[3] Without her successful preselection, she would have been a candidate for the federal election later that year, placing in an unwinnable fourth position on the Liberal Party senate ticket for South Australia.[4]
Prior to entering federal parliament, Blyth has been the President of the South Australian Liberal Party since August 2024.[5] She is an education executive and was a former Liberal Women's Council president. She is married with three children.[6]
Blyth is a member of the Conservative faction of the Liberal Party.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Senator Leah Blyth". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Senators—service expiry dates". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
- ^ "Rightwing Liberals strengthen as Leah Blyth takes Simon Birmingham's Senate seat". The Guardian. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Moderate Liberals losing ground as hard-right faction looms large in Senate battle". The Guardian. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Liberal Party loses top official". Indaily. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Political row erupts over when state parliament should officially ratify Leah Blyth's Senate win". The Advertiser. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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