Dai Le | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fowler | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Hayes |
| Deputy Mayor of Fairfield | |
| In office 30 December 2021 – 27 September 2022 | |
| Mayor | Frank Carbone |
| Preceded by | Peter Grippaudo |
| Succeeded by | Reni Barkho |
| Councillor of the City of Fairfield for Fairfield/Cabravale Ward | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | New ward |
| Councillor of the City of Fairfield for Cabravale Ward | |
| In office 9 September 2012 – 4 December 2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1968[1] Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) |
| Nationality | Vietnamese Australian |
| Political party | Independent (since 2016)[a] Western Sydney Community (since 2023; local affiliation) Australian Women's Party (since 2019; local affiliation) |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal (until 2016) |
| Spouse | Markus Lambert |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
| Signature |  |
| Website | daile |
Dai Trang Le (Vietnamese: Lê Trang Đài,[2][3] pronounced [lej˧˧ ʈaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩]; born 1 April 1968) is a Vietnamese-born Australian politician currently serving as the federal member for Fowler and councillor for Fairfield/Cabravale Ward.
Le arrived in Australia in 1979 as a refugee of the Vietnam War after fleeing Saigon in April 1975 and spending four years with her family in refugee camps in the Philippines and Hong Kong.[4] She became an ABC journalist and politician, and was named as one of the 100 most influential Australian women in 2014.[5]
In 2012 she was elected as a councillor for the City of Fairfield in New South Wales. At the 2022 Australian federal election, she successfully ran as an independent candidate in the Division of Fowler in Western Sydney.[6] Le is the first refugee and Vietnamese Australian to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives.[7][8]
- ^ "Ms Dai Le MP". Parliament of Australia.
- ^ Ngọc, Xuân (23 May 2022). "Bầu cử 2022: Ứng cử viên độc lập Đài Lê sẽ là nữ dân biểu gốc Việt đầu tiên tại Quốc hội Liên bang". Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ "Fairfield City Council Candidates".
- ^ "Dai Le Oral History". Fairfield City Heritage Collection. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ Walters, Rosaline (8 October 2014). "Dai Le, career woman, Fairfield councillor and mother is planning on breaking down the bamboo ceiling". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ McGuirk, Rod (23 May 2022). "Australia swears in new center-left prime minister in major political shakeup". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
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