1. Julia Claire Irwin is a former Australian politician.
10 Facts About Julia Irwin
1. 2.
Julia Irwin represented the Australian Labor Party in the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2010, holding the New South Wales seat of Fowler.
3.
Julia Irwin joined the ALP at the age of 15 and began her involvement in the labour movement with the Sheet Metal Working Industrial Union.
4.
Julia Irwin was involved in Young Labor where she met her future husband Geoff Irwin.
5.
In 1975, Irwin became the electorate secretary to Jack Ferguson, who became the Deputy Premier of New South Wales the following year.
6.
Julia Irwin later worked as a staffer for Richard Klugman, Ross Free, and Ted Grace.
7.
Julia Irwin retained the seat for Labor at the 1998 federal election, and was re-elected on three further occasions.
8.
In 2005 Julia Irwin was involved in a controversy over comments she made about Israel.
9.
In October 2008 Julia Irwin publicly criticised the Rudd Government's education policy, accusing it of "locking in the Coalition's favouritism of private schools".
10.
Julia Irwin announced in September 2009 that she would not recontest her seat at the 2010 federal election.