12 Facts About Emma McBride

Emma Margaret McBride was born on 27 April 1975 and is an Australian politician.

Emma McBride was elected as the member for Dobell in the Australian House of Representatives in the 2016 election after having been an unsuccessful candidate for the same seat in the 2013 election.

Emma McBride is the second of eight children born to Barbara and Grant McBride.

Emma McBride's paternal grandfather was born in Northern Ireland, and she obtained Irish citizenship by descent in 2001 but renounced it prior to standing for parliament in 2013.

Emma McBride's father was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1992.

Emma McBride completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney and a graduate diploma in public sector management at Flinders University.

In 2006, Emma McBride returned to the Central Coast as a specialist mental health pharmacist at Wyong Hospital.

Emma McBride was a director of the Wyong Community Bank branch of Bendigo Bank and a board member of the Central Coast Heart netball team.

Emma McBride served on the Wyong Shire Council from 2008 to 2012.

Emma McBride was defeated by the Liberal candidate Karen McNamara at the 2013 federal election, but reprised her candidacy in 2016 and was successful.

Emma McBride was appointed deputy chair of the House Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts in December 2020 and of the Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in February 2021.

Emma McBride was re-elected at the 2022 federal election, and was appointed Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.