Amber-Jade Sanderson was born on 25 October 1976 and is an Australian Labor Party politician who is the member for Morley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia.
20 Facts About Amber-Jade Sanderson
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Amber-Jade Sanderson rose to prominence when she chaired the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson was born on 25 October 1976 in Mascot, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson's parents were Ten Pound Poms who had immigrated from England to Perth as teenagers during the 1970s.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson spent her early childhood in Bayswater, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson moved to London with her mother in 1986, and started living in England for the most part over the following 14 years.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson attended eight or nine different schools in total, including St Columba's School, Bayswater Primary School and John Forrest Secondary College in Morley.
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At Cardiff University, Sanderson studied journalism with a focus on politics.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson was elected at the 2013 state election, with her term commencing on 22 May 2013.
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From 16 October 2013 to 5 February 2017, Amber-Jade Sanderson was deputy chair of committees.
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On 5 February 2017, Amber-Jade Sanderson resigned from the Legislative Council in order to run for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Morley.
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From 17 March 2017 to 19 March 2021, Amber-Jade Sanderson was the parliamentary secretary to Mark McGowan, who was the premier, minister for public sector management, minister for state development, jobs and trade, and minister for federal-state relations, as well as parliamentary secretary of the cabinet.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson relinquished those ministries when, on 21 December 2021, Sanderson became the minister for health and mental health, replacing Roger Cook.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson said "my message to the ANF and to nursing staff is stand down, it is not necessary to take such extraordinary industrial action at this point".
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Amber-Jade Sanderson then offered the ANF that the nurse-to-patient ratios be implemented but no change to the pay rise, which the union voted overwhelmingly to reject.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson defended the decision by saying "we did not consult with staff because we needed to make a decision and I was not prepared to delay the process anymore".
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Amber-Jade Sanderson received backing from the United Workers Union over Roger Cook, but the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union backed Cook over her.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson withdrew from the contest after that, leaving Cook as the sole nominee for premier.
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Polling conducted in January 2023 by Painted Dog Research for The West Australian showed that Amber-Jade Sanderson was favoured by 6 percent of voters to succeed McGowan if he were to retire, behind Cook at 15 percent and Rita Saffioti at 13 percent.
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Amber-Jade Sanderson has two children: her first child was with her previous husband whom she divorced during her first term in parliament; her second child was with her current partner.