Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy (born 10 May 1979) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Labor Left faction and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013. He represented the Division of Charlton in New South Wales until its abolition in 2016, and since then has represented the Division of Shortland. He is currently the Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.

Early life

Conroy's parents were "union delegates throughout their lives and long-time Labor activists".

Conroy attended Ettalong Public School and Gosford High School. Conroy holds the degree of Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) from the University of Sydney. He joined the ALP in 1994 and served as a state and federal vice-president of Australian Young Labor from 2003 to 2004. Prior to entering parliament, he worked as an electorate officer for Anthony Albanese (2000), an industrial/policy officer with the CFMEU's forestry division (2000–2002), a policy adviser to George Campbell (2002–2004), national economist to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (2004–2008), and as principal policy adviser (2008–2011) and deputy chief of staff (2011–2013) to Greg Combet.

NSW Socialist Left representatives

Labor Left representatives who advocate the values and goals of the NSW Socialist Left faction in federal Parliament.

Anthony Albanese, Tanya Plibersek, Linda Burney, Stephen Jones, Susan Templeman, Pat Conroy, Sharon Claydon, Tim Ayres, Jerome Laxale, Jenny McAllister, Fiona Phillips, Anne Stanley.