Warren Kirby

Warren Kirby
Kirby in 2023
Member of the New South Wales Assembly
for Riverstone
Assumed office
25 March 2023
Preceded byKevin Conolly
Personal details
Political partyLabor
ResidenceQuakers Hill[1]

Warren Eric Kirby is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the Electoral District of Riverstone since the 2023 New South Wales state election.[2]

Before entering politics Kirby was a small-business owner, operating the ‘Good Egg Studio’ within his current electorate,[3] and was the Vice President of the North West Business Chamber.[1]

Political career

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In 2023, Kirby was preselected as Labor's candidate for the marginal seat of Riverstone for the 2023 state election. He defeated the Liberal candidate Mohit Kumar with 53.7% of the two-party-preferred vote, a swing of 9.9 points, to succeed the retiring member Kevin Conolly.[2] On election night federal member for Greenway (which covers part of Riverstone) and former ALP NSW branch president Michelle Rowland commended Kirby on his campaign.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Warren Kirby". NSW Labor.
  2. ^ a b Green, Antony. "Riverstone (Key Seat) – NSW Election 2023". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. ^ Bosworth, Tony. "Good Egg Studio uses NBN to set itself up for a cracking success story in Riverstone". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ^ March 25; 2023 - 7:56pm (25 March 2023), NSW Labor candidate Warren Kirby gets thumbs up from party president Michelle Rowland, retrieved 19 June 2023{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)