Sally Sitou

Australian politician

Sally Sitou MP
Sitou in 2023

Member of the Australian Parliament for Reid
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 May 2022
Preceded by	Fiona Martin

Personal details
Born	(1982-09-24) 24 September 1982 (age 41) Canley Vale, New South Wales^[1]
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor Party
Website	https://sallysitou.com/

Sally Sitou (born 24 September 1982^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian politician who is the Labor member for the Division of Reid as of the 2022 Australian federal election. She defeated the incumbent Liberal member, Fiona Martin.^[2]

Early years and background

Sitou was born in Canley Vale, New South Wales, the second child of Chinese parents who fled Laos after the Vietnam War.^[3] She went to Canley Vale Public School and Sefton High School and completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology – Honours) at Macquarie University.^[4] She spent more than a decade working in the international education and international development sectors, and was most recently employed at the University of Sydney.^[5]

She is married with one child.^[6]

Politics

Sitou has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 2006, working on a number of campaigns, including the 2007 Bennelong campaign in which Maxine McKew defeated sitting prime minister John Howard.^[7] She worked as an adviser to Jason Clare, member for Blaxland.^[8]

In 2021, Sitou was preselected as the ALP's candidate for the Division of Reid,^[9] and she achieved a swing of 8.4 percent to win the seat in the May 2022 federal election.^[10]

References

^ "Ms Sally Sitou MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ Pueblos, Monique (22 May 2022). "'A surreal moment': Sally Sitou celebrates diversity in parliament as she claims victory in Reid". SBS News. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
^ "Sally Sitou, Candidate for Reid". Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
^ Sitou, Sally. "I am the daughter of migrants". Twitter. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Sally Sitou – Labor for Reid". www.alp.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Meet Sally". sallysitou.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ McKew, Maxine. "Some Labor wins are extra special". Twitter. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Labor candidate calls out racist messages telling her not to contest election". SBS News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ MP, Anthony Albanese. "Labor Announces Candidate for Reid". anthonyalbanese.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
^ "Reid (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.