Julia Banks

Julia Banks
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Chisholm
In office
2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) – 11 April 2019 (2019-04-11)
Preceded byAnna Burke
Succeeded byGladys Liu
Personal details
Born
Julia Helen Lolatgis

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyIndependent (2018–present)
Liberal (2016–18)
Alma materMonash University

Julia Helen Banks is an Australian lawyer and politician. Elected as the member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election,[1] Banks was the only candidate for the governing Liberal-National Coalition to win a seat held by an opposition party.[2] The previous member, Labor's Anna Burke, had held the seat since 1998 and did not stand for re-election in 2016.[3] Following the Liberal Party leadership spill in August 2018 that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull replaced by Scott Morrison, Banks stated she would not contest the 2019 federal election;[4] and in November 2018 she announced she had quit the party to become an independent MP and sit on the crossbench.[5] She unsuccessfully contested the seat of Flinders at the 2019 election, pitting her against government frontbencher Greg Hunt.[6]

  1. ^ Green, Antony (22 July 2016). "Electorate: Chisholm". Federal Election 2016 – Australia Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ Keen, Lucille (3 July 2016). "Chisholm the only seat Liberals able to snatch". Australian Financial Review. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ Anderson, Stephanie (16 December 2015). "Former speaker Anna Burke calls it quits, will not recontest seat at next election". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ Karp, Paul (29 August 2018). "Liberal MP Julia Banks to quit parliament, citing 'bullying and intimidation'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  5. ^ Crowe, David (27 November 2018). "Morrison government shock: Julia Banks quits the Liberal Party to sit on the crossbench". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Julia Banks to challenge former colleague Greg Hunt for Flinders at next election". ABC News. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.