- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1992
Saliba, Marianne Frances
(1960 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 16 April, 1960, Scotland
- Occupation Electorate Officer, Local government councillor, Parliamentarian
Summary
A tireless committee member, Marianne Saliba has made a substantial contribution to her local community. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Illawarra in 1999 and 2003. She was a member of multiple parliamentary, caucus and community committees and social organizations. She retired from parliament at the 2007 election, and subsequently re-entered local politics in 2011.
Details
Marianne Saliba migrated in 1964, with her parents Alex and May Hudson. She was educated at St Anne’s College, Dapto NSW and did Secretarial Studies at the Dapto TAFE. She completed her Bachelor of Education at the University of Wollongong 1999. She worked as Electoral Officer for Terry Rumble, MLA.
She married Charlie Saliba in 1985, and they have four children, Matthew, Dennis, Sara and Alexandra.
Marianne Saliba’s mother was an Alderman on Shellharbour Municipal Council so community service runs in the family.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Saliba, Marianne Frances (1960-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-746071