Louise Elizabeth Markus was born on 6 September 1958 and is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election.
10 Facts About Louise Markus
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Louise Markus lost the 2016 federal election to Labor's Susan Templeman.
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Louise Markus was educated at the University of New South Wales, graduating in social work, and was a community worker running the Hillsong Church's drug and alcohol outreach service in Blacktown prior to entering politics.
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Subsequent to the 2004 election, unsubstantiated allegations were made in the NSW Parliament under parliamentary privilege that Markus had directly benefited from unauthorised campaign materials containing false statements in an attempt to capture anti-Islamic sentiment against her Labor opponent.
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At the 2007 federal election, Louise Markus retained the seat of Greenway with a comfortable margin, although with a nominal swing of 6.85 points against her on a two-party-preferred basis.
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Louise Markus was previously the Shadow Minister for Veteran's Affairs.
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Louise Markus contested the 2010 federal election as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Macquarie, which had absorbed a fraction of her former electorate base.
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Louise Markus won the two-party-preferred vote by 2.52 points against Labor, with most support in her traditional base in the urban east of the electorate, and high Greens votes in the smaller upper Blue Mountains booths.
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At the 2016 federal election, the incumbent Louise Markus lost the seat of Macquarie to three-time challenger, Susan Templeman.
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Louise Markus is married to Jim Markus, who is from Papua New Guinea; together they have two children.