1. Jerome Alexandre Alain Laxale was born on 20 November 1983 and is an Australian politician as a member for the Australian Labor Party, representing as the Member of Parliament for Bennelong after being elected at the 2022 federal election.
32 Facts About Jerome Laxale
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Jerome Laxale was born on 20 November 1983 in the Sydney suburb of Westmead to a father from Mauritius and a mother from Reunion, a French overseas department.
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Jerome Laxale's father was a member of the Mauritian Militant Movement.
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Jerome Laxale then attended University of New South Wales and majored in Politics and International Relations and the French language.
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Jerome Laxale served as a non-executive director at specialised worker's compensation insurer Statecover Mutual Limited from 2018 until his election to federal politics.
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Jerome Laxale served as associate director of Local Government Procurement, Director of Local Government NSW and as an Advisory Board Member for Venture Cafe Sydney.
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Jerome Laxale joined the Labor Party in 2004 and was the Eastwood Labor branch president since 2008.
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Jerome Laxale is a member of the Labor Left faction.
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Jerome Laxale was first elected to the City of Ryde for the West Ward in the 2012 local government elections.
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Jerome Laxale became Mayor of the council on 8 September 2015 and was at the time the youngest ever in this role at the age of 31.
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Jerome Laxale was re-elected in September 2019 and in September 2021, serving as mayor until January 2022, when he was succeeded by Liberal's Jordan Lane.
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Jerome Laxale resigned as Councillor on 22 July 2022 after he was elected to federal parliament.
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Jerome Laxale left the LGNSW board and his position as LGNSW Treasurer.
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In 2017, Jerome Laxale served for one term as Vice President of the Northern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils.
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From 2015 to 2017, Jerome Laxale served as Chairperson of the Parramatta River Catchment Group, contributing to its 10-year master plan to make the Parramatta River swimmable.
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In 2020, Jerome Laxale was a finalist at the Cities Power Partnership awards for the Climate Ambassador category.
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Jerome Laxale contested the state seat of Ryde as the Labor candidate in the 2011,2015 and 2019 state elections but lost to incumbent Liberal Party member Victor Dominello in all three occasions.
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Jerome Laxale was the Labor Party candidate for the Division of Bennelong, which had once been represented by former Prime Minister John Howard, in the 2022 federal election.
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Jerome Laxale took the seat off the Liberals on a swing of 7.9 percent, just over the 6.9 percent swing he needed to win.
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Jerome Laxale is just the second Labor member to win the former Liberal stronghold since its creation in 1949.
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Jerome Laxale serves on the House Economics Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth, the Joint Statutory Committee on Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings and the Joint Statutory Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission.
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Jerome Laxale is an advocate for abolishing credit and debit card surcharge fees.
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In 2024, Jerome Laxale was made the Federal NSW Patron of the Labor Environment Action Network recognising his long-held views on taking climate action.
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Since entering federal politics, Jerome Laxale has been a vocal advocate for stronger environmental protections.
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Jerome Laxale was critical of the Government's gas strategy, and in February 2025, Jerome Laxale led a campaign with Reid MP Sally Sitou, to convince the Government and the cross bench to pass the stalled Nature Positive Legislation to establish an Australian Environmental Protection Agency.
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Jerome Laxale has been critical of the government's gas strategy, urging a shift away from new gas investments.
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Jerome Laxale has pushed for a greater focus on renewable energy and emissions reduction, arguing that continued gas expansion undermines Australia's climate commitments.
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Jerome Laxale is the Chair of the Friends of France and Friends of Armenia, inter-parliamentary friendship groups, and serves as co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Tech and Innovation.
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In June 2023 Jerome Laxale called for the banning of single-use disposable coffee cups in Parliament House.
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Jerome Laxale is standing for a second term in the 2025 Australian federal election.
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Jerome Laxale has a son and twin daughters from a previous marriage.
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Jerome Laxale has lived in the City of Ryde and the electorate of Bennelong since 2006.