Emma McBride

The Honourable Emma McBride MP
McBride in 2017
Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	David Coleman
Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 June 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Preceded by	(position established)
Member of theAustralian Parliament forDobell
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2016(2016-07-02)
Preceded by	Karen McNamara
Personal details
Born	(1975-04-27)27 April 1975 Sydney,New South Wales, Australia
Political party	Labor
Parent	Grant McBride(father)
Occupation	Pharmacist
Profession	Politician
Website	www.emmamcbride.au

Emma Margaret McBride(born 27 April 1975) is an Australian politician. She was elected as the member forDobellin theAustralian House of Representativesin the2016 electionafter having been an unsuccessful candidate for the same seat in the2013 election.

Early life

McBride was born inSydneyon 27 April 1975.She is the second of eight children born to Barbara andGrant McBride.Her paternal grandfather was born inNorthern Ireland,and she obtainedIrish citizenshipby descent in 2001 but renounced it prior to standing for parliament in 2013.As a child, McBride lived for periods inWestern Sydney,theInner West,Nauru,and theCentral Coast.Her father was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyin 1992.

McBride completed aBachelor of Pharmacyat theUniversity of Sydneyand a graduate diploma in public sector management atFlinders University.After graduating she worked around New South Wales, spending periods inForbes,North Sydney,Newtown,Berkeley Vale,andBelmont,as well as inOxford,England.In 2006, McBride returned to the Central Coast as a specialist mental health pharmacist at Wyong Hospital. In 2008 she became the hospital's chief pharmacist. She was also a director of the Wyong Community Bank branch ofBendigo Bankand a board member of the Central Coast Heart netball team.

Political career

McBride joined the ALP in 1992. She served on theWyong Shire Councilfrom 2008 to 2012.

In August 2013, McBride won ALPpreselectionfor the federal seat ofDobell,succeeding the incumbent MPCraig Thomsonwho had been suspended from the party in 2012.She was defeated by theLiberalcandidateKaren McNamaraat the2013 federal election,but reprised her candidacyin 2016and was successful.

After the2019 federal election,McBride was included inAnthony Albanese's shadow ministry as a shadowassistant ministerin the mental health and carers portfolios. She was appointed deputy chair of the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts in December 2020 and of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in February 2021.

McBride was re-elected at the2022 federal election,and was appointed Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health by Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese.