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Melissa McIntosh
Australian politician (born 1977) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Melissa Iris McIntosh (née Grah; born 24 August 1977) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2019 federal election, running in the New South Wales seat of Lindsay.
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Early life
McIntosh was born on 24 August 1977 in Penrith, New South Wales.[1] Her father Edmund Grah immigrated to Australia in the late 1950s from Graz, Austria. His parents and sister had been killed in World War II.[2]
McIntosh attended Blaxland High School but experienced bullying at the school, particularly around her performing arts and dance talent. She later switched to the Newtown High School of the Performing Arts.[3] She then studied journalism, public relations and video production at the University of Western Sydney, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Communications.[1]
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Career
McIntosh began working in politics after graduating university, working as an aide to arts and sport minister Jackie Kelly and later in the office of Prime Minister John Howard.[4] From 2011 to 2015, she worked at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney as head of partnerships and director of events. She then served as chief of staff to Assistant Treasurer Alex Hawke until 2016, when she joined Wentworth Community Housing as executive manager (communications).[1]
Prior to her election to parliament, McIntosh was a vice-president of the Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) and a member of the state executive.[1] She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Fourth Ward of the Blue Mountains City Council in 2016.[5]
McIntosh is a member of the centre-right faction of the Liberal Party.[6][7]
Member of Parliament
In November 2018, McIntosh won Liberal preselection for the Division of Lindsay.[8] She was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2019 federal election, defeating Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate Diane Beamer, who had defeated the incumbent ALP member Emma Husar for preselection.[9]
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Personal life
McIntosh has three children with her husband Stuart McIntosh, a former Olympic canoeist. They met at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[4] He works for the New South Wales Government Department of Planning.[10] She has sometimes used the name "Melissa Grah-McIntosh".[11]
McIntosh lives in Mount Riverview in New South Wales.[10]
References
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