Ayor Makur Chuot
The Honourable Ayor Makur Chuot | |
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Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Metropolitan | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 22 May 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 35) Gambela, Ethiopia |
Political party | Labor |
Relatives | Akec Makur Chuot (sister) |
Occupation | Accountant • model |
Ayor Makur Chuot (born 4 August 1989)[1] was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for North Metropolitan region at the 2021 state election,[2] and as the first WA state MP of African and South Sudanese ancestry.[3]
Prior to being elected Chuot was an accountant and international model.[3]
Chuot and her family emigrated to Australia refugees in 2005, after her father was killed in the Second Sudanese Civil War.[3] Prior to migrating, the family had spent ten years in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Her sister is Akec Makur Chuot, an AFLW player for Richmond.[4]
References
- ^ "Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC". Parliament of Western Australia.
- ^ "Northern Metropolitan Region Results - Western Australia Election 2021 guide | WA Votes". ABC News. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ayor Makur Chuot will be WA's first MP of African descent — but that's just part of her story". ABC News. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Kruijff, Peter de (16 March 2021). "Model citizen set to become Australia's first South Sudanese MP". WAtoday. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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