Sam McMahon

Sam McMahon
Senator for the Northern Territory
In office
18 May 2019 – 20 May 2022
Preceded byNigel Scullion
Succeeded byJacinta Nampijinpa Price
Personal details
Born (1967-12-11) 11 December 1967 (age 56)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal Democratic (since April 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (January–April 2022)
Country Liberal/Nationals (until January 2022)
SpouseWayne Nayda
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
OccupationVeterinarian

Samantha Jane McMahon[1] (born 11 December 1967) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for the Northern Territory between the 2019 federal election and the 2022 federal election. McMahon is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), having joined the party in April 2022, several months after resigning from the Country Liberal Party (CLP). While she was a CLP member, she sat in the Nationals party room in federal parliament. She was a veterinarian in Katherine before entering politics.[2]

  1. ^ "Qualification checklist" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "NT senator and former vet Sam McMahon unloads on activists at farm hearing". ABC Australia. 14 August 2019.