Jack Batty

This article is about an Australian politician. For the New Zealand football trophy, see Chatham Cup § Jack Batty Memorial Cup.

Jack Batty
MP
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Bragg
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2022 (2022-07-02)
Preceded byVickie Chapman
Personal details
Born
Jack Andrew Batty[1]

(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990 (age 34)
North Adelaide, South Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseCharlotte[2]
EducationSaint Ignatius' College (1997–2005) and Scotch College (2006–2008)[3]
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
ProfessionLawyer

Jack Andrew Batty (born 14 October 1990)[4] is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly since a July 2022 by-election, representing the electorate of Bragg.[5][6]

Prior to entering politics, Batty was a lawyer, a staffer for federal minister Christopher Pyne and an aide to High Commissioner to the United Kingdom George Brandis. He was the Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Cheltenham at the 2014 state election.[7]

Batty and his wife Charlotte grew up in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide and bought their first home there around 2015.[2]

  1. ^ "Mr Jack Batty". Members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Jack Batty". Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ Batty, Jack. "Jack Batty". LinkedIn. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Birth notices". The Advertiser. 16 October 1990.
  5. ^ "Libs scrape in after blue-ribbon Bragg backlash". InDaily. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Bragg By-election: Distribution of preferences and declaration of result". ecsa.sa.gov.au. 10 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Bragg by-election 2022". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 July 2022.