Joanna Gash

Joanna Gash
Mayor of Shoalhaven
In office
8 September 2012 – 17 September 2016
Preceded byPaul Green
Succeeded byAmanda Findley
Majority13.2%
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gilmore
In office
2 March 1996 – 5 August 2013
Preceded byPeter Knott
Succeeded byAnn Sudmalis
Personal details
Born (1944-07-21) 21 July 1944 (age 80)
Groningen, Netherlands
NationalityAustralian
Political party
AwardsOrder of Australia

Joanna Gash AM (born 21 July 1944) is an Australian former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Gilmore for the Liberal Party from 1996 to 2013.

In 2012, Gash was directly elected as Mayor of Shoalhaven in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales. In 2016, she lost the mayoralty to Greens candidate Amanda Findley.