Amanda Stoker

Senator
Amanda Stoker
Senator for Queensland
Assumed office
21 March 2018
Preceded by George Brandis
Personal details
Born Amanda Jane Stoker
(1982-10-30) 30 October 1982
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Political party Liberal Party
Other political
affiliations		 Liberal National Party
Spouse(s) Adam
Children 3
Profession Barrister

Amanda Jane Stoker (born 30 October 1982) is an Australian politician and lawyer who has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Queensland since 21 March 2018, when she was appointed as a replacement for the Senate place of retiring Attorney-General George Brandis.

Stoker began her career as a barrister in Brisbane. She served as a Commonwealth prosecutor, as well as a judge's associate to Philip McMurdo in the Supreme Court of Queensland and to Ian Callinan in the High Court of Australia.[1]

Leading up to the 2009 state election, Stoker sought pre-selection for the electoral district of Cleveland, which she lost to Mark Robinson who went on to win the seat.[2] She was a Senate candidate with the LNP at the 2013 federal election.

On 10 March 2018, members of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) elected Stoker to succeed high-profile cabinet member George Brandis as a Senator for Queensland; she is the party's only female senator from that state.[3] The Parliament of Queensland appointed Stoker to the casual vacancy left by Brandis on 21 March 2018 and she was sworn in as a Senator the following day.[4][5]

Immediately prior to her appointment to the Senate, Stoker was a member of Level 27 Chambers, a sessional academic at Central Queensland University and Vice-President of the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Hutchens, Gareth (11 March 2018). "Lawyer Amanda Stoker chosen to replace George Brandis in Senate". AAP via The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Goodenough, Cheryl (20 March 2018). "Senate replacement Amanda Stoker has connection to the Redlands". Redland City Bulletin. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Layt, Stuart (11 March 2018). "Stoker to take Brandis's Queensland senate seat". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Caldwell, Felicity (21 March 2018). "Amanda Stoker's election as Queensland senator is now official". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Brandis' replacement joins Senate". SBS News. 22 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Amanda Stoker, Level 27 Chambers".
  7. ↑ "WLAQ History".
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