Candice Burch was born on 26 August 1988 and is an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.
19 Facts About Candice Burch
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Candice Burch is not to be confused with nor is biologically related to Joy Burch, who is another member of the ACT Legislative Assembly.
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Candice Burch was one of three Canberra Liberals who lost their seat in the 2020 ACT Election.
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Candice Burch was born in South Africa, and emigrated to Australia at a young age in 1990.
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Candice Burch graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics.
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Candice Burch was previously employed in the Australian Public Service, most recently as an assistant director in the Department of Finance.
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Candice Burch has stated that she has had a keen interest in local politics since she was a young person.
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Candice Burch noticed extraordinary levels of Government debt and believed it was important to put up her hand and to have a young person involved in the decisions of how public money is spent.
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Candice Burch was elected in a count-back held on 11 December 2017 to fill the casual vacancy for the Kurrajong electorate caused by the death of Steve Doszpot, and was declared elected on 13 December.
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Candice Burch stated that it was not easy to take the seat in such difficult circumstances.
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Candice Burch stated that being a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly involves a lot of hard work and a genuine desire to represent one's constituents.
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Candice Burch's election marked the first female-majority Liberal opposition in Australia.
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Candice Burch noted in her inaugural speech that being a Liberal and being a woman are not incompatible identities.
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Candice Burch has noted that her proudest achievement was her campaign mounted against the ACT Government's cuts for school buses and the reversal of a number of those cuts.
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Alongside James Milligan and Andrew Wall, Candice Burch was one of three Liberals to lose their seat.
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Candice Burch was battling for the fifth Kurrajong seat of which she narrowly lost to the ACT Greens' Rebecca Vassarotti.
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Candice Burch is a supporter of the Sydney Swans AFL team and the Canberra Brave Ice Hockey team.
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Candice Burch is a distant cousin of Australian actress Liz Candice Burch.
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Candice Burch herself has appeared in television as herself on ABC's The House and Weekend Edition.