Madeleine Ogilvie

Madeleine Ogilvie
MP
Member of the Tasmanian Parliament
for Denison
Assumed office
15 March 2014
Personal details
Born (1969-01-25) 25 January 1969
Hobart, Tasmania
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater University of Tasmania
University of Melbourne
Profession Solicitor

Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie (born 25 January 1969)[1] is an Australian barrister and solicitor and politician from Hobart, Tasmania. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Australian Labor Party in the Division of Denison at the 2014 state election.[2]

Ogilvie grew up in Lenah Valley and attended Roseneath Primary School, The Friends' School, and Hobart College. She was a keen netballer in her youth and represented Tasmania. She studied Classics, Philosophy and History graduating from the University of Melbourne (BA). Ogilvie was resident at Ormond College. She graduated in law (LLB) from the University of Tasmania Law School (1993) and later studied at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the University of New South Wales. After working for several years in Australia for Allens and CSIRO Division of Minerals, Ogilvie worked for UNESCO in France on international cultural heritage law, Indonesia on telecommunications infrastructure projects, and the United States of America, in Silicon Valley. Ogilvie was a General Manager Commercial & Contracts with Telstra Corporation responsible for some of Australia's largest telecommunications deals. Ogilvie returned to Hobart, Tasmania to raise her family.[3][4]

In 2006 she established a legal practice in Hobart, Ogilvie & Associates, now Madeleine Ogilvie & Co Lawyers. Ogilvie is known for her advocacy of refugee rights.

Political career

Ogilvie first stood for election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the 2010 state election.[1] She received 522 first preference votes, but was not elected.[5]

She was elected at the March 2014 election, receiving 2,156 votes and being the fifth of five candidates elected for the Denison division under the state's Hare-Clark system. Ogilvie was the only new Labor member elected in an election that saw the Labor Party lose government and several seats.[6]

Following the 2014 election, Ogilvie was appointed Shadow Minister for Corrections, Aboriginal Affairs, Small Business, and Information Technology and Innovation, as well as being appointed Labor's Spokesperson for Multicultural Affairs and Opposition Whip.[7]

Ogilvie briefly made headlines in December 2015 after voting against an in-principle motion supporting marriage equality, and in particular her online reaction to activists including Labor members drawing a chalk rainbow outside her electorate office.[8][9]

Personal life

Ogilvie is the granddaughter of former Member of the House of Assembly Eric Ogilvie, great-niece of former Premier of Tasmania Albert Ogilvie and stepdaughter of former Governor of Tasmania Peter Underwood.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "The candidates for Denison". 12 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Antony Green – The candidates for Denison". Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Emily's List – Madeleine Ogilvie". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Ogilvie, Madeleine (7 May 2014). "Madeleine Ogilvie MP: Maiden Speech". Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "2010 Tasmanian Election – Denison". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "Denison 2014 – Following the Count". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Labor Shadow Ministry". Parliament of Tasmania. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Richards, Blair (7 December 2015). "I will not be bullied over same-sex marriage, declares Labor MP Madeleine Ogilvie". The Mercury (Hobart). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Shannon, Lucy (8 December 2015). "Tasmanian Labor MP in social media spat with party members over same-sex marriage". ABC Online. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Tasmanian Governor Peter Underwood dies". The Australian. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
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