Huong Truong
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
In office
21 February 2018 – 24 November 2018
Preceded byColleen Hartland
Succeeded byKaushaliya Vaghela
Personal details
Born1983 or 1984 (age 39–40)[1]
Australia
Political partyGreens

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,[2][3] until her defeat at the 2018 Victorian state election.

Her parents came from Vietnam as refugees by boat following the Vietnam War.[4] 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 to 2018. She served on the Victorian Parliamentary Environment and Planning Committee.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Huong Truong sets sights on parliament". Star Weekly. 5 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "New MLC sworn in". Parliament of Victoria. 21 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ms Huong Truong". Parliament of Victoria.
  4. ↑ "Huong Truong, MLC for Western Metropolitan Region". The Australian Greens. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Member Database". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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