Olivia Savvas | |
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Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Newland | |
Assumed office 19 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Richard Harvey |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] North Adelaide, South Australia | 22 May 1996
Political party | Labor |
Education | Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of International Studies Diploma of Languages (French) |
Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
Committees | Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation |
Website | ALP website |
Olivia Madison Savvas (born 22 May 1996)[2] is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election, representing Newland. With a swing of 5.4 per cent, she defeated the incumbent Liberal Party member, Richard Harvey, who had held the seat since 2018. Prior to the election, the ABC election analyst Antony Green stated that since its establishment in 1976, Newland has had a history of following the state electoral trend, and was previously held by Labor between 2006 and 2018.
Savvas grew up in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide and has a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of International Studies and a Diploma of Languages in French. Prior to her election to Parliament she was a councillor on the City of Tea Tree Gully Council and was employed as an analyst by a major bank.