Huong Truong

Thi Viet Huong Truong is an Australian politician. She was a Greens member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented Western Metropolitan Region from February 2018, when she was appointed to the vacancy resulting from Colleen Hartland's resignation,[1][2] until her defeat at the 2018 Victorian state election.

Huong Truong
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
In office
21 February 2018 – 24 November 2018
Preceded byColleen Hartland
Personal details
BornAustralia
Political partyGreens

Her parents came from Vietnam as refugees by boat following the Vietnam War.[3] She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts in 2005, and from RMIT with a Master of Social Science in Environment and Planning in 2009. She had previously worked as the Sustainability Coordinator at Brimbank City Council from 2008–2018. She served on the Victorian Parliamentary Environment and Planning Committee.[4]

References
  1. "New MLC sworn in". Parliament of Victoria. 21 February 2018.
  2. "Ms Huong Truong". Parliament of Victoria.
  3. "Huong Truong, MLC for Western Metropolitan Region". The Australian Greens. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "Member Database". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2018.


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