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Trish Doyle
MP
Member of theNew South Wales Parliament
forBlue Mountains
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byRoza Sage
Parliamentary secretaryforClimate Change,Energy,the EnvironmentandHeritage
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 April 2023
MinisterPenny Sharpe
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor Party
ResidenceLawson[1]
Alma materMacquarie University
OccupationTeacher
Websitewww.trishdoylemp.com.au

Trisha Lee Doyleis an Australian politician who was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyas the member forBlue Mountainsfor theLabor Partyat the2015 New South Wales state election.[2]

Career

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Doyle was a school teacher, and worked on the staff of Blue Mountains MPPhil Koperbergbetween 2007 and 2011. Doyle ran unsuccessfully as the Labor candidate in 2011 when the then incumbentKeneallyLabor Government was swept from power. She was later preselected again ahead of the2015 New South Wales state electionas the Labor candidate. The boundaries of the Blue Mountains electorate were redistributed before the election, increasing the margin for theLiberal Partyfrom 4.7 to 5.4 points.

At the 2015 election Doyle topped the first preference vote with 41.2%. There was a swing of 18.7 points toward her on first preferences. In the two-party-preferred distribution she beat sitting MPRoza Sagewith 58.1% of the TPP vote, an increase of 13.5 points on the previous election. This was the first time in its history that the seat of Blue Mountains was not won by an MP from the party that would form government after that election, breaking the bellwether status of the electorate.[3]

Doyle was sworn into theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyon 5 May 2015 and made her inaugural speech to the House on 13 May 2015.[4][5]

In November 2018, responding to allegations that the then NSW Labor leader,Luke Foley,had groped an ABC journalist in 2016, Doyle called on Mr Foley to resign his leadership[6]by the end of the day and threatened to put a spill motion to the Labor caucus if he refused.[7]He resigned an hour later.[8]

At theNew South Wales election in March 2019,Doyle was re-elected to her second four-year term with a two-party swing toward her of 6.7 points, giving her a final two-party result of 64.9%.[9]This is the highest result achieved by a candidate in theBlue Mountains electoratesince its establishment in 1968, besting the previous record holder, Labor'sBob Debus,who received 64.8% of the vote in2003.

In the July 2019 leadership contest Doyle supportedJodi McKayagainstChris Minnsto lead NSW Labor. Doyle was promoted to the Shadow Ministry in July 2019[10]by McKay, being given responsibility for Emergency Services, Women and the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Doyle was not selected by Minns to continue in the Shadow Cabinet when the latter became NSW Labor leader in June 2021,[11]and returned to the backbench. She was appointed as a Parliamentary secretary in 2023.

Personal life

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Doyle grew up in Canberra and the Riverina. As was revealed in her inaugural speech to the NSW Parliament, she grew up in public housing and a home rife with poverty and domestic violence.[12]Doyle attendedMacquarie Universityand graduated with a BA Dip Ed. She is married and lives with her husband Christopher in the upper Blue Mountains. She has two sons, Patrick and Tom.[4]She is good friends with Federal MPTanya Plibersek.

Electoral history

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This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
2011 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Roza Sage 17,681 39.1 +10.6
Labor Trish Doyle 10,253 22.7 -18.1
Independent Janet Mays 7,804 17.3 +17.3
Greens Kerrin O'Grady 7,647 16.9 +0.7
Christian Democrats Merv Cox 1,841 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 45,226 97.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,141 2.5 +0.4
Turnout 46,367 94.0
Two-party-preferredresult
Liberal Roza Sage 20,736 54.7 +15.8
Labor Trish Doyle 17,144 45.3 -15.8
LiberalgainfromLabor Swing +15.8
This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
2015 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains [14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Trish Doyle 19,995 41.2 +18.7
Liberal Roza Sage 17,241 35.5 −4.1
Greens Alandra Tasire 7,888 16.2 −0.7
Christian Democrats Tony Piper 1,507 3.1 −1.1
Independent Mark Harrison 1,470 3.0 +3.0
No Land Tax Gianna Maiorana 450 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 48,551 97.5 +0.5
Informal votes 1,252 2.5 −0.5
Turnout 49,803 93.3 +0.7
Two-party-preferredresult
Labor Trish Doyle 25,866 58.1 +13.5
Liberal Roza Sage 18,616 41.9 −13.5
LaborgainfromLiberal Swing +13.5
This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains [16][17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Trish Doyle 23,022 46.77 +5.58
Liberal Owen Laffin 13,982 28.40 −7.11
Greens Kingsley Liu 5,993 12.17 −4.07
Animal Justice Gregory Keightley 2,008 4.08 +4.08
Christian Democrats Cameron Phillips 1,786 3.63 +0.52
Sustainable Australia Richard Marschall 1,496 3.04 +3.04
Keep Sydney Open Mark Pigott 941 1.91 +1.91
Total formal votes 49,228 97.52 +0.04
Informal votes 1,250 2.48 −0.04
Turnout 50,478 91.97 −1.33
Two-party-preferredresult
Labor Trish Doyle 28,834 64.86 +6.71
Liberal Owen Laffin 15,620 35.14 −6.71
Laborhold Swing +6.71

References

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  1. ^"Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Blue Mountains".elections.nsw.gov.au.New South Wales Electoral Commission.Retrieved27 March2023.
  2. ^"Ms (Trish) Trisha Lee Doyle, BA, DipEd MP".Members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved6 April2019.
  3. ^"Blue Mountains NSW Elections 2015".ABC News.Retrieved6 April2019.
  4. ^abGerathy, Sarah (13 May 2015)."NSW Labor MP Trish Doyle tells own story of domestic violence in maiden speech".ABC News.Retrieved6 April2019.
  5. ^Trish Doyle (13 May 2015)."Inaugural speech"(PDF).Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).NSW: Legislative Assembly.Retrieved6 April2019.
  6. ^"ABC journalist releases explosive statement about Luke Foley".8 November 2018.
  7. ^"Trish Doyle MP on Facebook".Facebook.Archived fromthe originalon 30 April 2022.[user-generated source]
  8. ^"NSW Labor leader Luke Foley resigns but denies explosive harassment allegations".8 November 2018.
  9. ^"Blue Mountains – NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results".Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  10. ^Curtin, Jennie (3 July 2019)."Trish Doyle promoted to shadow cabinet".Blue Mountains Gazette.Retrieved30 July2019.
  11. ^Cormack, Lucy (11 June 2021)."Real Generational Change: Chris Minns Reveals New Labor Frontbench".Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved25 June2021.
  12. ^"Trish Doyle shares family domestic violence past in moving maiden speech".Blue Mountains Gazette.13 May 2015.Retrieved6 April2019.
  13. ^Antony Green."2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results"(PDF).NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 24 October 2012.Retrieved4 December2011.
  14. ^State Electoral District of Blue Mountains: First Preference Votes,NSWEC.
  15. ^State Electoral District of Blue Mountains: Distribution of Preferences,NSWEC.
  16. ^"Blue Mountains: First Preference Votes".2019 NSW election results.NSW Electoral Commission.Retrieved24 January2022.
  17. ^"Blue Mountains: Distribution of Preferences".2019 NSW election results.NSW Electoral Commission.Retrieved24 January2022.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member forBlue Mountains
2015–present 		Incumbent
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