1. Jodie Elizabeth Harrison was born on 1968 and is an Australian politician who has represented the Charlestown Electorate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party since 25 October 2014, when she was elected in a by-election.
Jodie Harrison spent her formative years growing up in south-western suburbs of Sydney.
Jodie Harrison moved to the Lake Macquarie region in the early 1990s after Jodie Harrison's parents bought a small business in Lake Macquarie.
Jodie Harrison worked at Newcastle City Council from 1993 until 2007 in various roles encompassing organisational change management, organisational performance and governance.
Jodie Harrison was the inaugural chairperson of Newcastle City Council's Women's Committee established in the mid-1990s.
Jodie Harrison was employed as a Recruitment Officer by the United Services Union from 2007 to 2011 and during that time was the USU's Women's Committee Coordinator.
Jodie Harrison worked to gain better working conditions and professional wages for low-paid workers.
Jodie Harrison was elected as a Councillor to North Ward for Lake Macquarie City Council in 2008.
In 2012 Jodie Harrison was popularly elected to Mayor of the City of Lake Macquarie and became the first female to be elected to the position.
Jodie Harrison served as Mayor until the Lake Macquarie election in September 2016, which she did not recontest.
Jodie Harrison has represented the electoral district of Charlestown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party since 25 October 2014 when she was elected in a by-election after the resignation of Andrew Cornwell.
From 2015 until 2023, Jodie Harrison was a member of the Parliament of New South Wales Committee on Children and Young People.
In January 2016, Jodie Harrison resigned from the Shadow Cabinet, having spent nine months in the roles, citing family reasons.
Jodie Harrison was re-elected as the Member for Charlestown at the 2023 election.