Cressida O'Hanlon

Cressida O'Hanlon
MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Dunstan
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2024
Preceded bySteven Marshall
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Political partyLabor
RelationsBoyd family

Cressida Clytie O'Hanlon (born 1972) is an Australian politician from the Labor Party.[1] She has been a member of the South Australian House of Assembly since winning the 2024 Dunstan state by-election.[2] She contested the same seat against Premier Steven Marshall in the 2022 state election.[3]

Cressida previously owned her own corporate mediating business before working as a political staffer to Reggie Martin MLC.[4]

Political career

In the 2019 Australian federal election she was the Australian Labor Party candidate in the Division of Sturt but was defeated by Liberal candidate James Stevens.[5]

In the 2024 Dunstan by-election, O’Hanlon made political history when she became the first government-backed candidate to win a seat from the opposition in a South Australian by-election in more than 116 years.[6] This is despite O'Hanlon seeing a 3.1% swing against Labor in the primary vote. Labor secured the seat by only 360 votes.[7]

Family

Cressida is married to James O'Hanlon, a 25-year veteran of the Australian Army.[8] She is the daughter of a bricklayer.[9]

Her grandparents, part of the Boyd artistic dynasty, were the artists David Boyd and Hermia Boyd.[10]

References

  1. ^ Shteyman, Jacob (2024-03-23). "Labor elated after surprise swing in key SA by-election". Hawkesbury Gazette. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. ^ "Premier backs O'Hanlon for second Dunstan run - InDaily". www.indaily.com.au. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ Martin, Sarah (2022-03-19). "South Australia election: Labor wins government as Liberal premier Steven Marshall concedes". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  4. ^ Shteyman, Jacob (March 27, 2024). "Labor's Cressida O'Hanlon confirmed as Dunstan byelection winner after late drama". The New Daily. p. 1. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  5. ^ Sturt, SA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
  6. ^ Hough, Andrew (March 27, 2024). "Dunstan by-election: Labor's Cressida O'Hanlon in historic win over Liberal Anna Finizio". The Advertiser. p. 1. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  7. ^ https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/elections/2024-dunstan-by-election
  8. ^ "Sturt (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  9. ^ "Sturt (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  10. ^ "David Boyd OAM (1924-2011) A Selling Exhibition 2022 by artvisory4 - Issuu". issuu.com. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
South Australian House of Assembly
Preceded by Member for Dunstan
2024–present 		Incumbent
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