12 Facts About Yvette Berry

Yvette Simone Berry was born on 1 August 1968 and is an Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

Yvette Berry has been a Labor Party member for the seat of Ginninderra in the ACT Legislative Assembly since the 2012 ACT election.

Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry who was a Member of the ACT Assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008, Deputy Chief Minister from 1991 to 1994, Opposition Leader from 1997 to 1998 and Speaker from 2001 to 2008.

Yvette Berry is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly.

For schooling, Yvette Berry attended Holt Primary School, Ginninderra District High School and Hawker College.

Yvette Berry was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and coordinated the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages for Early Childhood Educators in the early childhood education sector.

Yvette Berry is a full-time working mother with two children who lives with her family in the West Belconnen suburb of Macgregor.

Yvette Berry chaired the Legislative Assembly's 'Select Committee on Regional Development' which undertook an inquiry into regional development from February 2013 to February 2014.

In 2014 Yvette Berry was a member of the following Standing Committees: Public Accounts, Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services, Education, Training and Youth Affairs and Chair of the Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services Standing Committee.

Yvette Berry voted for the Legislative Assembly's 'Marriage Equality Act 2013'.

Yvette Berry assumed the following portfolios: Women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Housing, Community Services and Social Inclusion, Multicultural and Youth Affairs and she was made Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Social Inclusion and Equality.

Yvette Berry assumed portfolio responsibilities for Education and Early Childhood Development, Housing and Suburban Development, Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Sport and Recreation, while retaining portfolio responsibilities for Women.