Kaushaliya Vaghela
Appearance
Kaushaliya Vaghela | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region | |
Assumed office 24 November 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamnagar, Gujarat, India |
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Spouse | Dinesh Chauhan |
Occupation | Medical researcher |
Website | http://www.kaushaliyavaghela.com.au |
Kaushaliya Virjibhai Vaghela is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region.[1] She is the first Indian-born member of the Victorian Parliament.[2] Before her preselection in 2018, she was an adviser to then-State Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott.
References
- ^ "Western Metropolitan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Sun, The Indian (20 January 2019). "'I'm a fanatic for freedom, fairness, feminism', says Kaushaliya Vaghela". The Indian Sun. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
Categories:
- Living people
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Indian emigrants to Australia
- People from Jamnagar
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- Australian Labor Party politician stubs